Italian bread

== English == === Noun === Italian bread (countable and uncountable, plural Italian breads) (cooking) A type a crusty, yeasted bread prepared without shortening and unsweetened, baked in long, thick loaves with tapered ends. Alternative form: Italian (elliptically synonymous) Hypernyms: bread < foodstuff, food < stuff Coordinate terms: French bread, Cuban bread Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Italian,‎ bread: any of many types of bread made in Italy or said to be made faithfully in the style thereof.