English > paste: 7 senses > noun 4, food| Meaning | A tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes. |
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| Synonym | spread |
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| Narrower | anchovy butter | butter blended with mashed anchovies |
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| cheese spread | Spread made of cheese mixed with butter or cream or cream cheese and seasonings |
| fishpaste | A paste of fish or shellfish |
| garlic butter | butter seasoned with mashed garlic |
| hummus, humus, hommos, hoummos, humous | A thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic |
| lobster butter | butter blended with chopped lobster or seasoned with essence from lobster shells |
| margarine, margarin, oleo, oleomargarine, marge | A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter |
| marshmallow fluff | A very sweet white spread resembling marshmallow candy |
| miso | A thick paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt |
| nut butter | Ground nuts blended with a little butter |
| onion butter | butter blended with minced onion |
| pate | liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned |
| peanut butter | A spread made from ground peanuts |
| pimento butter | butter blended with mashed pimento |
| shrimp butter | butter blended with chopped shrimp or seasoned with essence from shrimp shells |
| tahini | A thick Middle Eastern paste made from ground sesame seeds |
| tapenade | A spread consisting of capers and black olives and anchovies made into a puree with olive oil |
| Broader | condiment | A preparation (a sauce or relish or spice / spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment |
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| Spanish | pasta |
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| Catalan | crema, pasta |
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