flatbread

flatbread
/flat"bred'/, n.
1. Also, flatbrod /flat"brohd/. a thin, waferlike bread, usually rye, baked esp. in Scandinavian countries.
2. Also, flat bread. any of various often unleavened breads baked in round, flat loaves or cakes, as those eaten in India, the Middle East, and Italy.
[1875-80; perh. orig. trans. of Norw flatbröd]

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