Paste

  • 41paste — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Late Latin pasta dough, paste Date: 14th century 1. a. a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls b. a confection made by… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 42paste — /peɪst / (say payst) noun 1. a mixture of flour and water, often with starch, etc., used for causing paper, etc., to adhere. 2. any material or preparation in a soft or plastic mass: a toothpaste. 3. dough, especially when prepared with… …

  • 43paste — n. & v. n. 1 any moist fairly stiff mixture, esp. of powder and liquid. 2 a dough of flour with fat, water, etc., used in baking. 3 an adhesive of flour, water, etc., esp. for sticking paper and other light materials. 4 an easily spread… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 44Paste — ► sustantivo masculino 1 América Central BOTÁNICA Planta cucurbitácea cuyo fruto contiene un tejido poroso que se emplea a modo de esponja. 2 Honduras BOTÁNICA Cierto tipo de planta parásita que vive sobre los árboles. * * * paste 1 (C. Rica,… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 45paste — [14] Greek pástē denoted a sort of ‘porridge made from barley’ (it was a derivative of the verb pássein ‘sprinkle’). Late Latin borrowed it as pasta, by which time it had come to mean ‘dough’. From this were descended Italian pasta (acquired by… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 46paste — noun 1》 a thick, soft, moist substance, typically produced by mixing dry ingredients with a liquid.     ↘a savoury spread: salmon paste. 2》 a thick, soft, moist adhesive. 3》 a mixture of kaolin and water of low plasticity, used for making… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 47paste — [[t]peɪst[/t]] n. v. past•ed, past•ing 1) a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something 2) any soft, smooth, plastic material or preparation 3) coo dough, esp. when… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 48paste — [14] Greek pástē denoted a sort of ‘porridge made from barley’ (it was a derivative of the verb pássein ‘sprinkle’). Late Latin borrowed it as pasta, by which time it had come to mean ‘dough’. From this were descended Italian pasta (acquired by… …

    Word origins

  • 49Paste — Eine Paste ist ein Feststoff Flüssigkeitsgemisch (Suspension) mit einem hohen Gehalt an Festkörpern. Pasten sind nicht mehr fließfähig, sondern streichfest. Es handelt sich um: eine Salbe Pulver Mischung und insbesondere halbfeste Arzneiform mit… …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 50paste — 1. noun /peɪst/ a) A soft mixture, in particular: b) Specifically, one of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry. 2 …

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