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pasta

/ˈpɑ.stə/

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What does pasta mean?

noun

  1. Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.
  2. Any type of noodle.
  3. A dish or serving of pasta.
More meanings (3)

noun

  1. A type of pasta.
  2. A copypasta (block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else, serving as a story or meme).
  3. Dental filling.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈpɑ.stə/

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Over this put a thin layer of pasta marinate, and fry the cutlets on a slow fire.
W. G., Mrs. WatersThe Cook's Decameron A Study in Taste, Containing over Two Hundred Recipes for Italian DishesProject Gutenberg ebook #930
At seventeen, on hearing Pasta sing in Paris, she sought out the artist and solicited lessons.
John MunroHeroes of the TelegraphProject Gutenberg ebook #979
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“Quid vesani aliud sibi vult ars impia ludi, Quid mortes juvenum, quid sanguine pasta voluptas?”
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
Nor was this all, for when Pasta returned to Paris, she sent for the girl (once at least) to test her progress.
Robert Louis StevensonMemoir of Fleeming JenkinProject Gutenberg ebook #698