English > alimentary paste: 1 sense > noun 1, food| Meaning | shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg. |
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| Synonym | pasta |
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| Narrower | couscous | A pasta made in northern Africa of crushed and steamed semolina |
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| dumpling, dumplings | small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough |
| farfalle, bowtie pasta | pasta shaped with scalloped edges and pinched in the middle, suggestive of a bow tie |
| fedelline | Extremely fine pasta thinner than vermicelli |
| fettuccine, fettuccini | pasta in flat strips wider than linguine |
| lasagna, lasagne | Very wide flat strips of pasta |
| linguine, linguini | pasta in long slender flat strips |
| macaroni | pasta in the form of slender tubes |
| manicotti | large pasta tubes stuffed with chopped meat or mild cheese and baked in tomato sauce |
| mostaccioli | pasta somewhat resembling little moustaches |
| noodle | A ribbonlike strip of pasta |
| orzo | pasta shaped like pearls of barley |
| penne | pasta in short tubes with diagonally cut ends |
| ravioli, cappelletti | small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings |
| rigatoni | tubular pasta in short ribbed pieces |
| spaghetti | pasta in the form of long strings |
| spaghettini | Thin spaghetti |
| tagliatelle | pasta cut in narrow ribbons |
| tortellini | small ring-shaped stuffed pasta |
| vermicelli | pasta in strings thinner than spaghetti |
| ziti | medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces |
| Broader | food, solid food | Any solid substance (as opposed to liquid / liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment |
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| Spanish | pasta alimenticia, pasta, pastas |
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| Catalan | pasta |
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