atta

Whole wheat flour

Atta is an exclamation of encouragement or approval, almost always followed by boy or girl: Attaboy, you nailed it!

Attagirl, keep going!

The word represents a casual pronunciation of "that's the" run together.

It praises effort or achievement, often directed at children, athletes, or pets.

Separately, atta is a genus of leaf-cutter ants, and in South Asian cooking, atta is whole wheat flour used for making flatbreads like chapati and roti.

ant

leafcutter

Ant that farms fungi

  • colonyDependent territorial settlement
  • queenMost powerful chess piece
  • workerPerson who toils

soldier · caste · foraging · nest · mandibles · larvae · pupa · symbiosis · agriculture · defoliation

flour

chapati

Unleavened South Asian flatbread

  • rotiUnleavened South Asian flatbread
  • naanLeavened tandoor-baked flatbread
  • puriDeep-fried Indian flatbread

dough · kneading · wheat · wholemeal · grinding · mill · bread · flatbread · Indian · Pakistani

Categories
Opposites
flour refinement/processing

attaall-purpose flour

General-use milled wheat

bleached flour · white flour · cake flour · pastry flour

grain source

attarice flour

Pulverized cereal grain

corn flour · besan · tapioca flour · potato starch · chickpea flour

Phrases
Family

attaboy

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Timeless · Concrete · Rated G