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

From an outdoor kitchen emerged a lavish feast: bruschetta topped with mangrove clams; squash soup with snails; fish fritters; sea-bass kinilaw—ceviche’s Filipino cousin—cured with lime and young-coconut vinegar. —Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2025

The menu includes eggs Benedict, lemon blueberry pancakes, smoke salmon bruschetta, breakfast tacos, smoked brisket hash, avocado toast, chicken and waffles and more. —Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 11 May 2025

Enjoy with bruschetta or a straightforward spaghetti pomodoro. —Jillian Dara, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025

Infuse wild garlic into olive oil and brush it onto bruschetta or avocado toast; use it to make hummus. —Christina Pérez, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025

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