alimentary paste

noun

: a shaped and dried dough (such as macaroni, spaghetti, and vermicelli) prepared from semolina, farina, or wheat flour or a mixture of these with water or milk and with or without egg or egg yolk

Word History

Etymology

translation of Italian pasta alimentaria

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined above

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