pastes

Noun

paste (countable and uncountable, plural pastes)

1. One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.
2. (obsolete) Pastry.
   • And that day month, he had the paste rolled out, and cut the fair twin's head off, and chopped her in pieces, and peppered her, and salted her, and put her in the pie, and sent it to the baker's, and ate it all, and picked the bones.1860, Charles Dickens, Captain Murderer
3. One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.
4. One used as an adhesive, especially for putting up wallpapers, etc.
   • Near-synonyms: glue, adhesive

   Synonyms:

   glue, adhesive

5. A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid.
6. A hard lead-containing glass; an artificial gemstone made from this glass.
   • Yesterday I bought some paste, which is a nickname for fake diamonds, and they were from Bergdorf’s.2023 March 10, Alex Vadukul, quoting Nan Goldin, “Nan Goldin Is Ready for Oscar Night”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

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