PASTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pasta mean? 

• PASTA (noun)
  The noun PASTA has 2 senses:

1. a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient

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

  Familiarity information: PASTA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PASTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("pasta" is a kind of...):

dish (a particular item of prepared food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pasta"):

spaghetti (spaghetti served with a tomato sauce)

cannelloni (tubular pasta filled with meat or cheese)

lasagna; lasagne (baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables)

macaroni and cheese (macaroni prepared in a cheese sauce)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

alimentary paste; pasta

Hypernyms ("pasta" is a kind of...):

food; solid food (any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pasta"):

noodle (a ribbonlike strip of pasta)

mostaccioli (pasta somewhat resembling little moustaches)

dumpling; dumplings (small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough)

couscous (a pasta made in northern Africa of crushed and steamed semolina)

manicotti (large pasta tubes stuffed with chopped meat or mild cheese and baked in tomato sauce)

tagliatelle (pasta cut in narrow ribbons)

cappelletti; ravioli (small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings)

penne (pasta in short tubes with diagonally cut ends)

lasagna; lasagne (very wide flat strips of pasta)

macaroni (pasta in the form of slender tubes)

vermicelli (pasta in strings thinner than spaghetti)

fettuccine; fettuccini (pasta in flat strips wider than linguine)

linguine; linguini (pasta in long slender flat strips)

fedelline (extremely fine pasta thinner than vermicelli)

rigatoni (tubular pasta in short ribbed pieces)

ziti (medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces)

tortellini (small ring-shaped stuffed pasta)

spaghettini (thin spaghetti)

spaghetti (pasta in the form of long strings)

orzo (pasta shaped like pearls of barley; frequently prepared with lamb in Greek cuisine)

bowtie pasta; farfalle (pasta shaped with scalloped edges and pinched in the middle, suggestive of a bow tie)

 Context examples 

It also includes some low-protein breads, pastas and cereals.

(Phenylketonuria, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

Examples are bread, pasta, and other products made from white flour that have B vitamins added back.

(Enriched food, NCI Dictionary)

Fructoselysine is common in processed food, including ultra-pasteurized milk, pasta, chocolate and cereals.

(Human Gut Microbe Could Make Processed Foods Healthier, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A high-carbohydrate diet includes such foods as pasta, breads, cookies, and sugar-sweetened beverages.

(Gene mutation points to new way to fight diabetes, obesity, heart disease, National Institutes of Health)