PASTY
What does "PASTY" mean?
A folded pastry case filled with meat and vegetables; also, pale and unhealthy-looking.
Meanings
- A baked folded pastry parcel filled with seasoned meat and vegetables, famous as the Cornish pasty. He bought a hot Cornish pasty for the long train ride.
- Pale and unhealthy in appearance, like uncooked pastry. He looked pasty after a week stuck indoors.
Did you know?
- The Cornish pasty is legally protected: since 2011 it has held Protected Geographical Indication status, so a pastry can only be called a 'Cornish pasty' if it is made in Cornwall to the traditional recipe.
Word origin
The food sense is from Old French 'paste' (pastry, dough), from Late Latin 'pasta'; the 'pale' adjective is from 'paste' plus '-y', evoking the colour of raw dough.
Remember it
Two PASTYs from one PASTE: the food (made of pastry) and the look (pale as raw dough).
A little poem
A crimped gold seam, the miner's pocket lunch-
warm in cold fists, a folded, steaming hunch.
couplet
Wordplay
- He ate a whole pasty and still looked pasty - one filled him up, the other just washed him out.
What it teaches
One spelling, two flavours: context decides whether 'pasty' means a warm meal or a pale face.
Quick facts
What does PASTY mean?
A folded pastry case filled with meat and vegetables; also, pale and unhealthy-looking.
Is PASTY a valid word?
Yes — PASTY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PASTY?
PASTY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does PASTY come from?
The food sense is from Old French 'paste' (pastry, dough), from Late Latin 'pasta'; the 'pale' adjective is from 'paste' plus '-y', evoking the colour of raw dough.
What can PASTY teach us?
One spelling, two flavours: context decides whether 'pasty' means a warm meal or a pale face.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.