muffuletta
noun
muf·fu·let·ta
ˌmə-fə-ˈle-tə 
variants
or less commonly muffaletta
: a sandwich made with round Italian bread and filled usually with cold cuts, cheese, and olive salad
The muffuletta is one of the great sandwiches of New Orleans.
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Plus, a New Orleans-style sandwich shop is slinging its own delicious take on the classic muffuletta, and San Francisco’s only Tunisian restaurant has arrived.
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Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 May 2023
Across the country it’s draped across pizzas and stuffed into sandwiches, like New Orleans’s iconic muffuletta and even a riff on the Japanese katsu sando.
—Bettina Makalintal, Bon Appétit, 8 Dec. 2021
For the muffuletta, though, Daisy’s bakes their own focaccia, before slicing and stuffing the round bread with meat, cheese and a decidedly Chicago-style condiment.
—Louisa Chu, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022
At Alberto’s Cheese and Wine Bistro, determined epicureans try to get their mouths around a thick-as-the-Bible muffuletta.
—Tracey Teo, ajc, 21 July 2022
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Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 May 2023
Across the country it’s draped across pizzas and stuffed into sandwiches, like New Orleans’s iconic muffuletta and even a riff on the Japanese katsu sando.
—Bettina Makalintal, Bon Appétit, 8 Dec. 2021
For the muffuletta, though, Daisy’s bakes their own focaccia, before slicing and stuffing the round bread with meat, cheese and a decidedly Chicago-style condiment.
—Louisa Chu, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022
At Alberto’s Cheese and Wine Bistro, determined epicureans try to get their mouths around a thick-as-the-Bible muffuletta.
—Tracey Teo, ajc, 21 July 2022
See All Example Sentences for muffuletta
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“Muffuletta.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muffuletta. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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