lasagna
Americannoun
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large, flat, rectangular strips of pasta.
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a baked dish consisting of layers of this pasta, cheese, tomato sauce, and usually meat.
Etymology
Origin of lasagna
1840–50; < Italian < Vulgar Latin *lasania cooking pot (hence, apparently, the contents of the pot), for Latin lasanum, lasanus chamber pot < Greek lásana (plural), originally, trivet or stand for a pot
Example Sentences
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“People tend to think that lasagna is simple, but it’s actually a bit more complicated than the braised short ribs,” Matijevich says.
From Salon
To make matters even worse, the food emitting that delicious smell, the food that Maya-Jade was eating, was lasagna.
From Literature
I saw it again and again: shoulders dropping, voices softening, the brief but unmistakable relief produced by a hand-delivered lasagna — sometimes homemade, sometimes unmistakably Stouffer’s — and the quiet knowledge that someone had shown up.
From Salon
Her onion and caramelized tomato paste hacks work well with the lasagna’s flavor profile, although before I browned my ground turkey, I also sauteed some minced garlic.
From Salon
The answer is always one of two things: lasagna, or appetizers.
From Salon
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