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pasta|ˈpæstə|
[It., = paste n.]
A generic name for various forms of Italian dough mixtures or ‘pastes’, as macaroni, spaghetti, vermicelli, etc. Also attrib. and Comb.
[1673J. Ray Observations Journey Low-Countries 405 Paste made into strings like pack-thread or thongs of whit⁓leather (which if greater they call Macaroni, if lesser Vermicelli) they cut in pieces and put in their pots as we do oat-meal to make their menestra or broth of.] 1874R. H. Busk Folk-Lore of Rome 118 There was a dish of ‘pasta’ heaped up like a mountain. 1927F. Stark Lett. from Syria (1942) i. 13 They were preparing us a gigantic pasta asciutta. 1934Discovery Aug. 215/1 What these country folk do not know about the preparation of pasta in its various forms of macaroni, spaghetti, tagliatelli and so on,..is not worth knowing. 1946C. P. Stewart Her Husband's House xx. 134 She slapped a sheet of pasta down upon the..table. 1958Woman 8 Feb. 23/1 British manufacturers are now successfully making pasta products. 1959Sunday Times 22 Mar. 5/4 Pasta-loving Italian girls carry too much weight around the hips. 1973Times 1 Dec. 6/5 The pasta-makers have stopped delivering spaghetti and other products to the shops. 1974Guardian 31 Jan. 12/4 Trials have been made here to grow the durum or ‘pasta’ wheat, from which macaroni is made. 1976New Yorker 15 Nov. 51/3 ‘George would be pleased to hear that,’ Lenore says, lifting a small piece of pasta to her lips. |