panada

American  

[puh-nah-duh, -ney-] / pəˈnɑ də, -ˈneɪ- /

noun

1. a thick sauce or paste made with breadcrumbs, milk, and seasonings, often served with roast wild fowl or meat.

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panada British  

/ pəˈnɑːdə /

noun

1. a mixture of flour, water, etc, or of breadcrumbs soaked in milk, used as a thickening

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Etymology

Origin of panada

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Spanish, equivalent to pan- “bread” (from Latin pānis ) + -ada noun suffix; see -ade ¹ ( def. 1 )

Example Sentences

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panada

Go you and make that panada ready, and sent it when I ring.

From Miriam Monfort A Novel by Catherine A. Warfield

"Eat your panada, Miriam, and ask no questions," she said, lifting a bowl from above a spirit-lamp on the chimney-piece, and bearing it toward me.

From Miriam Monfort A Novel by Catherine A. Warfield

Give me the panada," I said, grimly; "I am half starved, and must grow strong again to do my work.

From Miriam Monfort A Novel by Catherine A. Warfield

The little dumplings are first cooked as a panada of semolina, butter, milk and egg, and then dropped into the soup and cooked in it for ten minutes.

From Home Life in Germany by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick

In early infancy, mothers are too much in the habit of giving thick gruel, panada, biscuit-powder, and such matters, thinking that a diet of a lighter kind will not nourish.

From The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease by Thomas Bull