pasta

[ pah-stuh; especially British pas-tuh ]
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noun
  1. any of various flour-and-egg food preparations of Italian origin, made of thin, unleavened dough and produced in a variety of forms, usually served with a sauce and sometimes stuffed.

Origin of pasta

1
1870–75; <Italian <Late Latin. See paste

Words Nearby pasta

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How to use pasta in a sentence

  • But Señor pasta had already formed his resolution, and it was not to mix at all in the affair, either as consulter or consulted.

    The Reign of Greed | Jose Rizal
  • At seventeen, on hearing pasta sing in Paris, she sought out the artist and solicited lessons.

  • She had brought him a box of pasta Mack tabloids, and unfortunately there was not at that time a bath in the whole prison.

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  • I went to the opera the other night and saw pasta's "Medea" for the first time.

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  • pasta and Rubini surpassed themselves in the splendor of their performance.

    Great Singers, First Series | George T. Ferris

British Dictionary definitions for pasta

pasta

/ (ˈpæstə) /


noun
  1. any of several variously shaped edible preparations made from a flour and water dough, such as spaghetti

Origin of pasta

1
Italian, from Late Latin: paste 1

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