Definitions
A green Italian sauce usually made with basil, garlic, nuts, cheese, and olive oil.
Word origin
Appears 1850 in Cottage economy, attributed to William Cobbett (but not found in any editions published during his life). From Italian pesto, from Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin pīnsō (“to pound, beat, crush”). Cognate to pestle.
Used in a sentence
“Inside the house, Paul is in the kitchen bent over a bowl of pesto: thick shiny basil leaves, machete-crushed garlic cloves, pine nuts, onions roasted till their gold edges blacken, and the bright scent of lemon zest.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Basil blend”5 letters
02“Basil pasta sauce”5 letters
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