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crostata

crostata noun: a kind baked tart of Italian origin, made with shortcrust pastry spread over a baking sheet, then covered with a layer of jam and then decorated with thin strips of the same dough, placed crosswise to form diamonds.

crostata: a kind baked tart of Italian origin, made with shortcrust pastry spread over a baking sheet, then...
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Noun

crostata (plural crostatas or crostate)

  1. A kind baked tart of Italian origin, made with shortcrust pastry spread over a baking sheet, then covered with a layer of jam and then decorated with thin strips of the same dough, placed crosswise to form diamonds.

Forms of crostata

pluralcrostatas
pluralcrostate

Origin of crostata

Borrowed from Italian crostata.

Questions about crostata

What does crostata mean?
Crostata means a kind baked tart of Italian origin, made with shortcrust pastry spread over a baking sheet, then covered with a layer of jam and then decorated with thin strips of the same dough, placed crosswise to form diamonds.
What part of speech is crostata?
Crostata is a noun.
What is the plural of crostata?
The plural of crostata is crostatas.

Words near crostata in the dictionary

  1. crosswords
  2. crosswordy
  3. crosswort
  4. crossworts
  5. crost
  6. crostata
  7. crostatas
  8. crostate
  9. Crosthwait
  10. Crosthwaite
  11. Crosthwaites

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