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pasta

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pas·ta  (päst)
n.
1. Unleavened dough, made of wheat flour, water, and sometimes eggs, that is molded into any of a variety of shapes and boiled.
2. A prepared dish containing pasta as its main ingredient.

[Italian, from Late Latin, paste, pastry cake; see paste1.]

pasta
Noun
a type of food, such as spaghetti, that is made from a dough of flour and water and formed into different shapes [Italian]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pasta - a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient
dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner"
spaghetti - spaghetti served with a tomato sauce
cannelloni - tubular pasta filled with meat or cheese
lasagna, lasagne - baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables
macaroni and cheese - macaroni prepared in a cheese sauce
2.pastapasta - shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg
solid food, food - any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment; "food and drink"
bowtie pasta, farfalle - pasta shaped with scalloped edges and pinched in the middle, suggestive of a bow tie
noodle - a ribbonlike strip of pasta
orzo - pasta shaped like pearls of barley; frequently prepared with lamb in Greek cuisine
spaghetti - pasta in the form of long strings
spaghettini - thin spaghetti
tortellini - small ring-shaped stuffed pasta
ziti - medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces
rigatoni - tubular pasta in short ribbed pieces
fedelline - extremely fine pasta thinner than vermicelli
linguine, linguini - pasta in long slender flat strips
fettuccine, fettuccini - pasta in flat strips wider than linguine
vermicelli - pasta in strings thinner than spaghetti
macaroni - pasta in the form of slender tubes
lasagna, lasagne - very wide flat strips of pasta
penne - pasta in short tubes with diagonally cut ends
cappelletti, ravioli - small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings
tagliatelle - pasta cut in narrow ribbons
manicotti - large pasta tubes stuffed with chopped meat or mild cheese and baked in tomato sauce
couscous - a pasta made in northern Africa of crushed and steamed semolina
dumpling, dumplings - small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough
mostaccioli - pasta somewhat resembling little moustaches
Translations

pasta [ˈpæstə] npasta
pasta [ˈpæstə] npâtes fpl
pasta [ˈpæstə] nNudeln pl
pasta [ˈpæstə] npasta

pasta
n pasta [ˈpӕstə, (American ) ˈpa:-]
a dough used in Italian cooking for making spaghetti, macaroni etc. pastaعَجينة الباستا لِلمَعْكرونهпастаtěstopastadie Pastaζυμαρικόpastamakaronitainasرشته فرنگیpastapâtesפַּסטָהपास्ताtjesteninatésztapastapastapastaパスタ파스타(달걀을 섞은 가루 반죽을 재료로 한 이탈리아 요리)makaronų tešlamakaronu mīklapastapastapastaciasto makaronowemassapasteтесто для макаронных изделийcestotesteninetesteninapastaพาสต้าhamur işi加油脂的面團, 義大利麵食макарониايک قسم کا ميداmì ống,

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Can I not, like Pasta, Malibran, Grisi, acquire for myself what you would never have given me, whatever might have been your fortune, a hundred or a hundred and fifty thousand livres per annum, for which I shall be indebted to no one but myself; and which, instead of being given as you gave me those poor twelve thousand francs, with sour looks and reproaches for my prodigality, will be accompanied with acclamations, with bravos, and with flowers?
 
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