pasta

Definition of Pasta in English :

1. pasta

a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient

shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pasta

noun

any of several variously shaped edible preparations made from a flour and water dough, such as spaghetti

noun

1.

a flour paste or dough made of semolina and dried, as for spaghetti and macaroni, or used fresh, as for ravioli

2.

any food or foods made of this

n.

1. Unleavened dough, made with wheat or other flour, water, and sometimes eggs, that is molded into any of a variety of shapes and boiled.

2. A prepared dish containing pasta as its main ingredient.