: a coarse-textured ice confection typically made from fruit
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The takeaway counter and window serves breakfast and lunch sandwiches along with the signature Pronto Freeze, a granita made with cold brew or fluffy ube matcha using Nodoka’s ceremonial-grade matcha powder.—Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026 Don't miss the lemon granita at Da Alfredo in Lingua, dinner on the waterfront terrace of Porto Bello, and a stay at the luxe Capofaro Resort.—Nicky Swallow, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026 Start your days off with a traditional breakfast of granita and a buttery brioche, then head out for a dip in the turquoise waters.—Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 3 May 2026 The shop, at 13538 Poway Road, Suite D, offers gourmet sorbets, granitas, Italian ice, Philadelphia water ice and vegan ice creams.—Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for granita
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Etymology
Italian, from feminine of granito, past participle of granire