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Word entry · 5 letters

paste

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"Sticky spread"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /peɪst/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aepstStarts with PEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. join or attach with or as if with glue

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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