paste
/ˈpɑsteɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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
Example Sentences
- "And that day month, he had the paste rolled out, and cut the fair twin's head off, and chopped her in pieces, and peppered her, and salted her, and put her in the pie, and sent it to the baker's, and ate it all, and picked the bones."
- "Near-synonyms: glue, adhesive"
- "Yesterday I bought some paste, which is a nickname for fake diamonds, and they were from Bergdorf’s."
- "This is likewise the market for their oil, and the paste called macaroni, of which they make a good quantity."
- "Vermicelli for soups, is paste from Italy; so called because it looks like worms. My macaroni, paste from Italy—My salop, a root ground to powder—the root of one kind of orchis."
- "He got up and pasted Byfield in the mouth."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek παστός (pastós) Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor. Late Latin pasta Old French pastebor. Middle English paste English paste From 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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɑsteɪ/
- British English: /ˈpæsteɪ/