paste

CEFRB1

/peɪst/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A soft, thick substance used for sticking or spreading.

  2. 02

    verb

    To attach something using glue or place copied text.

Examples

  • Add water and stir to a paste.

  • Blend the flour with the milk to make a smooth paste.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈpæsteɪ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A soft moist mixture, in particular:

  2. One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.

  3. One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.

More examples

In context

  • I stuck two sheets of paper together with paste.

  • Near-synonyms: glue, adhesive

  • Yesterday I bought some paste, which is a nickname for fake diamonds, and they were from Bergdorf’s.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.