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pasta

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈpæs.tə/ (UK)
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/ˈpæs.tə/ (UK) · [ˈpʰæstə] · [ˈpʰastə] · [ˈp(ʰ)astə] · /ˈpɑ.stə/ (US) · /ˈpæs.tə/ · /ˈpɑs.t̪ɑ/ · [päːst̪äˑ] · [pɐːst̪ɐː] · /ˈpɑː.stə/ · [ˈpʰɐːstə] · [ˈpʰɐːstɘ] · [ˈpʰɛstɘ]

Definition of pasta

6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)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.
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noun

  1. (uncountable)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. (broadly, countable, uncountable)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.
  3. (uncountable)A dish or serving of pasta.
  4. (countable)A type of pasta.
  5. A copypasta (block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else, serving as a story or meme).
  6. (Philippines, countable, uncountable)Dental filling.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek παστός (pastós) Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor. Late Latin pasta Italian pastabor. English pasta Borrowed…

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Etymology tree Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek παστός (pastós) Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor. Late Latin pasta Italian pastabor. English pasta Borrowed from Italian pasta (“paste; pasta, noodles”), from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), neuter plural of παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”), from Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō, “to sprinkle”). Doublet of paste.

Anagrams of pasta

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Words you can make from pasta

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5-letter words

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4-letter words

6 words

3-letter words

12 words

2-letter words

5 words

Hooks

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