bruschetta

noun

bru·​schet·​ta brü-ˈshe-tə  -ˈske- 

: thick slices of bread grilled, rubbed with garlic, drizzled with olive oil, often topped with tomatoes and herbs, and usually served as an appetizer

Examples of bruschetta in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The menu includes bruschetta with strawberry and tomato; gnocchi (potato dumplings) with peas; smoked mullet and lesser calamint; guinea fowl stuffed with liver, and pork sausage, chicory, Ponzu sauce and apricot. —Andrea Onate, WWD, 26 Sep. 2024

Menu items include sea urchin bruschettas, fresh clams, and oodles of oysters, all served on communal wooden tables overlooking the vineyards. —Travel + Leisure Staff, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2025

On the day, your private chef will prepare, cook, serve, and tidy up afterward—with Italian menus including dishes like mozzarella bruschetta, salmon tortellini, pan-fried Gnocchi—and rich, oozing chocolate brownies for dessert. —Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024

The appetizer table will feature a charcuterie board, bacon rollups, brie bites, bruschetta, sausage rolls, wings, spinach and artichoke dip and Irish potato pancakes known as boxty. —Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Italian, from Italian dialect (Tuscany), from bruscare to toast, burn, probably from Vulgar Latin *brusicare, frequentative of *brusare, *brusiare to burn

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bruschetta

• beretta
• vendetta
• betta
• keta
• setae
• henrietta
• operetta
• typothetae
• periplaneta