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| bonbon |
a candy with a filling of fruit jam, nuts, or creamy sugar paste enclosed in a coating of chocolate or the like. |
| cacciatore |
cooked in a covered pot with olive oil, tomato paste, onions, wine, herbs, and other ingredients. |
| cement |
a sticky material, such as paste or glue, that gets hard when it dries. [1/3 definitions] |
| dry cell |
an electric battery cell in which the chemicals are stored as a paste that will not spill. |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| fondant |
a soft creamy paste made of sugar, water, and cream of tartar, used in icing and candy. [2 definitions] |
| ink |
a liquid or paste, usually black or colored, that is used to write or print. [1/2 definitions] |
| layout |
a sketch or paste-up of printed text, photographs, and the like, as for a newspaper, magazine, or book, to determine the design of the page and the space requirements of its various sections. [1/4 definitions] |
| magma |
in pharmacology, a paste made of pulverized solids and liquid. [1/2 definitions] |
| marchpane |
almond paste; marzipan. |
| marzipan |
a confection made of almond paste, egg whites, and sugar, and often molded into decorative forms. |
| mascara |
a paste put on the eyelashes to make them look darker. |
| miso |
a salty soybean paste, used esp. in Japanese cuisine. |
| mustard |
a powder or paste with a strong taste made from the ground seeds of the mustard plant. Mustard is used to flavor food or spread on the skin as medicine. [2/3 definitions] |
| mustard plaster |
a pungent medicinal paste made of powdered mustard and water that is spread on a cloth, steamed, and applied usu. to the chest to relieve congestion. |
| paste1 |
to use paste to stick something to something else. [2/4 definitions] |
| pasteboard |
a stiff, thin material made of layers of paper pasted together, or of paper or wood pulp pressed together and solidified with paste; paperboard. |
| pasty1 |
similar to paste in texture or appearance; sticky; pale. |
| pâté |
a paste or spread made of liver, meat, or the like. |
| pâté de foie gras |
a paste made from the livers of geese, often eaten spread on crackers or the like. |
| peanut butter |
a paste made by grinding roasted peanuts. It is used in cooking or as a spread on sandwiches or crackers. |
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