An Italian dessert of fruit purée etc. on crushed ice.
Used in a Sentence
granita
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for granita.
Editorial note
The Granita is technically unreleased, the manufacturer has been making changes to the packaging of the chip as recently as a couple of months ago.
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Quick take
An Italian dessert of fruit purée etc. on crushed ice.
Meaning at a glance
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for granita.
noun
An Italian dessert of fruit purée etc. on crushed ice.
Example sentences
The Granita is technically unreleased, the manufacturer has been making changes to the packaging of the chip as recently as a couple of months ago.
A shot of espresso and a toasted almond granita are honestly the best way to start the day.
Once Arctic Semi puts the Granita into normal commercial production, what do you guess the 1ku pricing to be?
Thanks to the double-PPLs on the Granita board, you can also sweep the spectrum very fast.
Sorbet, granita, or just fresh fruit for dessert will hit just about everyone.
You can't even get Italians to agree on what a granita should be.
The Granita board should already work down to 10 MHz.
Yes, of course, this will be sold to anybody and be very, very competitive, like in the order of ~$550 including the Granita board ($100 less for GranitaLite).
You can call it sorbet, granita, water ice, or probably one of many other local names and it'll have similar ingredients, but maybe a different ratio or texture.
$450 if you are happy with the Granita Lite board.
I can't commit to pricing before I have decided on a partner for the distribution (DIY vs Kickstarter vs Crowdsupply, they all come with different costs and tradeoffs), but $550 is my target retail price for the Motherboard + Granita + Dev Board + CNC enclosure combo.
Quote examples
In Sicily (especially in the eastern part of the island) almond milk is quite a common beverage, it also makes for a killer "granita".
The traditional drink for this festival is called "mamadeta" (which has clear innuendo in Catalan that I'll let you figure out), which is 1 part green Chartreuse and 2 parts yellow Chartreuse mixed with lemon granita ("granissat de llimona").
Proper noun examples
His Lolita's parody, Granita, was Pratchett and Adams levels of funny.
I grabbed it for a closer look because the author was known to me ( The Name of the Rose, Foucault's Pendulum ), and because the back of the book introduced one of the stories therein as a pastiche of Nabokov's Lolita, wherein a certain Umberto Umberto (heh) pines for an elderly lady referred to as 'Granita' (incidentally, 'Nonita' in the Italian original).
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use granita in a sentence?
The Granita is technically unreleased, the manufacturer has been making changes to the packaging of the chip as recently as a couple of months ago.
What does granita mean?
An Italian dessert of fruit purée etc. on crushed ice.
What part of speech is granita?
granita is commonly used as noun.