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

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

"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

The leaves were formerly employed for giving a flavour to cakes and panada.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie

The patient must make at least two meals a day on the said panada, and should drink a quart or more of the fresh infusion, as it may agree with him, every twenty-four hours.

From The Naval Pioneers of Australia by Louis Becke

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