PASTA
What does "PASTA" mean?
A food made from wheat dough shaped into forms like spaghetti or macaroni and boiled.
Meanings
- A dough of wheat flour and water (sometimes egg), formed into many shapes and cooked by boiling. He tossed the pasta with garlic, oil, and fresh basil.
- A dish whose main element is this food. We're having pasta for dinner. informal
Did you know?
- 'Pasta' simply means 'dough' or 'paste' in Italian - it shares a root with the English word 'paste', so spaghetti and wallpaper paste are distant linguistic cousins.
Word origin
From Italian 'pasta', meaning dough or paste, from Late Latin 'pasta' (dough, pastry cake), from Greek 'pasta' (barley porridge); the same root gives English 'paste'.
Remember it
PASTA is PASTE with an A - both are soft worked dough from the same Latin root.
A little poem
Salt water rolling-
pale strands slip in, then surface
softened, ready, gold.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the spaghetti refuse to leave the bowl early? It said it was just al dente - it needed a little more time to firm up its decision.
What it teaches
Humble dough feeds the world; plain ingredients plus care beat fancy ones without it.
Quick facts
What does PASTA mean?
A food made from wheat dough shaped into forms like spaghetti or macaroni and boiled.
Is PASTA a valid word?
Yes — PASTA is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PASTA?
PASTA has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does PASTA come from?
From Italian 'pasta', meaning dough or paste, from Late Latin 'pasta' (dough, pastry cake), from Greek 'pasta' (barley porridge); the same root gives English 'paste'.
What can PASTA teach us?
Humble dough feeds the world; plain ingredients plus care beat fancy ones without it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.