pasta
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stə; noun
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.
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| —n | |
| any of several variously shaped edible preparations made from a flour and water dough, such as spaghetti | |
| [Italian, from Late Latin: | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
pasta
1874, from It. pasta, from L.L. pasta "dough, pastry cake, paste," from Gk. pasta "barley porridge," probably originally "a salted mess of food," from neut. pl. of pastos (adj.) "sprinkled, salted," from passein "to sprinkle."
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Example sentences
The pasta sauce and noodles will get one too, as will the dish soap.
Serve with your favorite starch such as pasta, rice, or potatoes.
In another neighborhood, these would be known as pasta handkerchiefs.
She heated up store-bought meatballs and pasta in a wok and told him, as usual, that she had made it from scratch.
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