pasta

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg

2. 2
   noun

   a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient

3. 3
   noun

   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.

4. 4
   noun

   A dish or serving of pasta.

5. 5
   noun

   A type of pasta.

6. 6
   noun

   A copypasta (block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else, serving as a story or meme).

7. 7
   noun

   Dental filling.

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek παστός (pastós) Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor. Late Latin pasta Philippine Spanish pastabor. English pasta Borrowed from Philippine Spanish pasta, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”).