paste
A soft moist mixture, in particularA soft moist mixture, in particular: One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.
» He pasted the notice on the door.
Он приклеил объявление на дверь.
Meaning
8 sensesA soft moist mixture, in particular:
(countable, uncountable)One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.
an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard
(countable, uncountable)One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.
Paste, Pastete
паште́тpaštét
паште́тpaštét
(countable, uncountable)One used as an adhesive, especially for putting up wallpapers, etc.
Near-synonyms: glue, adhesive
Kleister, Klebstoff, Kitt
кле́йстерkléjster, кле́йkléj
(countable, uncountable)A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid.
(countable, uncountable)A hard lead-containing glass; an artificial gemstone made from this glass.
Strass
стразstraz
a hard, brilliant lead glass that is used in making artificial jewelry
(countable, uncountable)The mineral substance in which other minerals are embedded.
A soft moist mixture, in particular:
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Pastry.
Teig
те́стоtésto
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Pasta.
Examples
57 sentencesHe pasted the notice on the door.
ruОн приклеил объявление на дверь.
Add the tomato paste and a bay leaf.
I stuck two sheets of paper together with paste.
Has anyone seen the paste?
ruКто-нибудь видел клей?
Paste this in your scrapbook.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 5
By meaning 5
Origin
From Middle English paste, from Old French paste (modern pâte), from Late Latin pasta, froFrom Middle English paste, from Old French paste (modern pâte), from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá). Doublet of pasta. The verb is from the noun. Middle English had pasten (“to make a paste of; bake in a pastry”), also from the noun; compare Latin pistō and Medieval Latin pastillātus.
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Forms
plural: pastesSynonyms
4 synonyms- an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard:library paste
- a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes:spread
Word family
46 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable