ALIMENTARY PASTE
Dictionary entry overview: What does alimentary paste mean?
• ALIMENTARY PASTE (noun)
The noun ALIMENTARY PASTE has 1 sense:
1. shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg
Familiarity information: ALIMENTARY PASTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ALIMENTARY PASTE (noun)
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 ("alimentary paste" 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 "alimentary paste"):
bowtie pasta; farfalle (pasta shaped with scalloped edges and pinched in the middle, suggestive of a bow tie)
macaroni (pasta in the form of slender tubes)
lasagna; lasagne (very wide flat strips of pasta)
penne (pasta in short tubes with diagonally cut ends)
cappelletti; ravioli (small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings)
tagliatelle (pasta cut in narrow ribbons)
manicotti (large pasta tubes stuffed with chopped meat or mild cheese and baked in tomato sauce)
couscous (a pasta made in northern Africa of crushed and steamed semolina)
dumpling; dumplings (small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough)
vermicelli (pasta in strings thinner than spaghetti)
fettuccine; fettuccini (pasta in flat strips wider than linguine)
linguine; linguini (pasta in long slender flat strips)
noodle (a ribbonlike strip of pasta)
orzo (pasta shaped like pearls of barley; frequently prepared with lamb in Greek cuisine)
spaghetti (pasta in the form of long strings)
spaghettini (thin spaghetti)
tortellini (small ring-shaped stuffed pasta)
ziti (medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces)
rigatoni (tubular pasta in short ribbed pieces)
fedelline (extremely fine pasta thinner than vermicelli)
mostaccioli (pasta somewhat resembling little moustaches)
