pasty
pronunciation
How to pronounce pasty in British English:
UK [ˈpeɪsti]
How to pronounce pasty in American English:
US [ˈpeɪsti]
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- Noun:
- small meat pie or turnover
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- Adjective:
- resembling paste in color; pallid
- having the properties of glue
Word Origin
- pasty
- pasty: see paste
- pasty (n)
- c. 1300, a type of pastry pie, from Old French paste "dough, pastry," from Vulgar Latin *pastata "meat wrapped in pastry" from Latin pasta (see pasta).
- pasty (adj.)
- "resembling paste," 1650s, from paste (n.) + -y (2). Related: Pastiness.
Example
- 1. Chippendales can go on refusing to hire pasty journalists .
- 2. In any event , my pasty at ann 's was another winner .
- 3. That is why we need legislation to distinguish a pasty from a sandwich .
- 4. I 'd like something to eat to go with our beer . Fancy a pasty ?
- 5. Harley : I 'd like something to eat to go with our beer . Fancy a pasty ?