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parm

UK/pɑːm/US/pɑɹm/

parm noun: a dish served in the parmigiana style (combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before baking).

Noun

parm (countable and uncountable, plural parms)

  1. A dish served in the parmigiana style (combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before baking).
    • Everyone who's had my mother's eggplant parm has said, “This is awesome.”2012, Mike Isabella, Mike Isabella's Crazy Good Italian
    • For this update on a chicken parm sandwich, I bread and sauté thin chicken breast cutlets and layer them with fresh basil, mozzarella cheese, and leftover spaghetti on garlic-buttered ciabatta.2013, Kathy Strahs, The Ultimate Panini Press Cookbook
  2. Parmesan cheese.
    • Go make some spaghetti for lunch n sprinkle on some parm2020, Chelsey Hansen, Makin Cherry and Apple Pies Under the Land of the Living Skies
    • Once it's bubbling good and steady, grab some parm and pecorino, pop it all on your spaghetti.2023, Luca Cesari, The Discovery of Pasta: A History in Ten Dishes

Examples of parm in a sentence

  • This braised eggplant has all those savory parm-y flavors, but in an easy any-night form.2023, Sohla El-Waylly, Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook, page 170:
  • 'There's parm in that bowl there,' Lady Darvish said.2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 203:

Forms of parm

pluralparms

Origin of parm

Shortening of parmigiana or parmesan.

Words that rhyme with parm

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Questions about parm

What does parm mean?
Parm means a dish served in the parmigiana style (combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before baking).
How do you use parm in a sentence?
This braised eggplant has all those savory parm-y flavors, but in an easy any-night form.
What part of speech is parm?
Parm is a noun.
How do you pronounce parm?
Parm is pronounced /pɑːm/ (UK).
What is the plural of parm?
The plural of parm is parms.

Words near parm in the dictionary

  1. parlying
  2. parlyvoo
  3. parlyvooed
  4. parlyvooing
  5. parlyvoos
  6. parm
  7. parma
  8. Parma ham
  9. Parma hams
  10. Parma violet
  11. Parma violets

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