| 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. |
| pastel |
a pale, soft color such as light pink, light blue, or light yellow. [5 definitions] |
| pastern |
the part of an equine animal's foot that lies between the fetlock and hoof. |
| paste-up |
a piece of cardboard or heavy paper on which type or artwork is pasted for making a printing plate. |
| pasteurize |
to heat (milk, cheese, beer, or the like) to a high temperature for a certain period in order to kill most of the harmful bacteria and retard fermentation. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| pastille |
a hard, flavored piece of candy, or a lozenge. |
| pastime |
an activity that makes the time pass pleasantly. |
| pastless |
combined form of past. |
| past master |
a person who has a great deal of skill, expertise, or experience at some craft, art, or the like. |
| pastor |
a minister or priest in charge of a church or congregation. |
| pastoral |
of or relating to the country or country life; rural. [6 definitions] |
| pastorale |
a musical work for instruments or voices, concerning or suggestive of simple, pleasant country life. |
| pastoralist |
one who writes in the pastoral tradition. |
| pastorate |
the position, duties, or tenure of a pastor. [2 definitions] |
| past participle |
a participle that either indicates a completed action or past state, such as "broken" in "I have broken my arm," or serves as an adjective, as "broken" in "a broken toy". |
| past perfect |
a verb tense that indicates that an action or state was completed at some indefinite time before a moment in the past, as in "They had already gone". [2 definitions] |
| pastrami |
a highly seasoned, smoked cut of beef, usu. from the shoulder. |
| pastry |
a dough of flour, shortening, and water that is baked and used for pie crusts and the like. [3 definitions] |
| past tense |
a form of a verb that shows that something happened in the past or that a condition existed in the past. In the sentence, "We baked a cake," "baked" is in the past tense. |
| pasturage |
grass or other vegetation on which grazing animals feed. [3 definitions] |