What is another word for unleavened?

Pronunciation: [ʌnlˈɛvənd] (IPA)

Unleavened is a term used to describe any bread or dough that is made without yeast or any other leavening agent. In cooking and baking, there are several synonyms for unleavened bread or dough, including flatbread, matzo, pita, chapatti, and naan. Flatbread is a broad term that refers to any type of bread that is flat, thin, and unleavened. Matzo is a traditional Jewish unleavened bread that is eaten during Passover. Pita is a Middle Eastern flatbread that is often used as a wrap for sandwiches. Chapatti is an Indian unleavened bread made from whole wheat flour. Naan is another type of Indian flatbread made with flour, water, and yeast. All of these options are delicious and can be used in a variety of different dishes.

What are the hypernyms for Unleavened?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for unleavened?

Unleavened refers to bread or dough that has not been allowed to rise. The antonym for this word is leavened, which indicates that the bread has been allowed to rise. Leavened bread contains yeast, which causes it to rise and become light and fluffy. Another antonym for unleavened is fluffy or light, which describes the texture of bread that has been allowed to rise. Bread that is unleavened is denser and heavier than bread that has been allowed to rise. Finally, the term unleavened can be contrasted with moist or soft, which describes bread that is fluffy and light due to the addition of moisture during the baking process.

What are the antonyms for Unleavened?

Usage examples for Unleavened

Then he charges them not to forget their rescue, in the dangerous time of their prosperity, when the Lord shall have brought them into the land which He swore to give them; and he repeats the ordinance of unleavened bread.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
"Sour-dough has much the same significance as unleavened bread, only that our pioneers kept on eating it more or less regularly in the land of promise.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss
The Passah continued for seven days, in which, from the morning of the second day to the evening of the seventh, only unleavened bread could be eaten, i.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker

Famous quotes with Unleavened

  • Appearances are deceiving when it comes to the Holy Eucharist. It looks like the bread of Jesus’ time, tastes like unleavened bread, smells and feels like bread but it’s not bread. It’s the body and blood, human soul and divine nature of Jesus of Nazareth, risen from the dead.
    Francis Cardinal George
  • There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.Every dimwit editor who sees himself as the source of all dreary blanc-mange plain porridge unleavened literature, licks his guillotine and eyes the neck of any author who dares to speak above a whisper or write above a nursery rhyme.
    Ray Bradbury
  • What we used to think of as exotic can now only be found in countries that cannot afford Americanization. Meaning no home comforts, peppers, unleavened bread. It is a kind thing to take one’s bit of tourist money there, to the deserving, and not put it in the hands of the disdainful Nicois or Cannois. If you can get into a country which is politically oppressed, that too is a good thing for the natives, for you are bringing a breath of freedom. Increasingly, perhaps, one ought to be travelling for the benefit of those who cannot afford or are not permitted to travel. We all belong to one another now, and no foreign country ought to be merely a sideshow....
    Anthony Burgess

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