Lasagna Meaning
/ləˈzɑː.njə/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA flat sheet of pasta.
nounAn Italian baked dish comprising layers of such pasta with various ingredients (usually a meat ragù (chiefly Bolognese), a fish ragù or a vegetarian/vegetable ragù with bechamel sauce).
Sentence Examples
Lasagna is one of my favorite foods.
This lasagna is quite hot!
It was the best lasagna I had ever tasted.
CEFR Practice Quiz
For dinner, she baked a layered ____ with cheese and meat sauce.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
For dinner tonight, she prepared a delicious ____ with several layers of pasta, cheese, and meat sauce.
Word Origin & History
From Italian lasagna (and its plural lasagne), possibly from Vulgar Latin *lasania, from Latin lasanum (“cooking pot”), from Ancient Greek λάσανον (lásanon, “trivet or stand for a pot”). Others argue the Italian lasagna originally derived from the Arabic لَوْزِينَج (lawzīnaj, “almond cake”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"I’m going to fix you a cup of coffee and a plate of lasagna."
— 2013, James Lee Burke, Light of the World, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 299:
"Kristofer'd gotten it through his head shortly after their arrival to swim naked in the lake, such as it was, and his skin blemished into a lasagna of red hives, white welts, and disarming yellowish spots."
— 1996, Lance Olsen, Time Famine: A Novel:
"Unfortunately, typical mattresses are often a lasagna of nonbiodegradable synthetics, pesticides, and potentially carcinogenic toxins."
— 2008, Body & Soul:
"It's sort of a lasagna of ideas about time and dreams."
— 2011, Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, Inception and Philosophy: Ideas to Die for, Open Court Publishing, →ISBN, page 280:
"“Everything about us is just one layer of lies after another. We're a lasagna of lies. This is a terrible basis for a relationship.”"
— 2013, Molly Harper, How to Run with a Naked Werewolf, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
For dinner, she baked a layered ____ with cheese and meat sauce.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
For dinner tonight, she prepared a delicious ____ with several layers of pasta, cheese, and meat sauce.