alimentary paste

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1.alimentary paste - shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes eggpastasolid food, food - any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment; "food and drink"bowtie pasta, farfalle - pasta shaped with scalloped edges and pinched in the middle, suggestive of a bow tienoodle - a ribbonlike strip of pastaorzo - pasta shaped like pearls of barley; frequently prepared with lamb in Greek cuisinespaghetti - pasta in the form of long stringsspaghettini - thin spaghettitortellini - small ring-shaped stuffed pastaziti - medium-sized tubular pasta in short piecesrigatoni - tubular pasta in short ribbed piecesfedelline - extremely fine pasta thinner than vermicellilinguine, linguini - pasta in long slender flat stripsfettuccine, fettuccini - pasta in flat strips wider than linguinevermicelli - pasta in strings thinner than spaghettimacaroni - pasta in the form of slender tubeslasagna, lasagne - very wide flat strips of pastapenne - pasta in short tubes with diagonally cut endscappelletti, ravioli - small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillingstagliatelle - pasta cut in narrow ribbonsmanicotti - large pasta tubes stuffed with chopped meat or mild cheese and baked in tomato saucecouscous - a pasta made in northern Africa of crushed and steamed semolinadumpling, dumplings - small balls or strips of boiled or steamed doughmostaccioli - pasta somewhat resembling little moustaches