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pesto
[ pes-toh ]
/ ˈpɛs toʊ /
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noun Italian Cooking.
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
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Words nearby pesto
pestiferous, pestilence, pestilent, pestilential, pestle, pesto, pesty, pes varus, pet, peta-, petabyte
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How to use pesto in a sentence
But even the most adventuresome eaters have probably never eaten Maori pikopiko pesto.
Then move on to the Mandilli di seta al pesto, handmade handkerchief pasta with Genovese basil pesto.
I enjoyed a spectacular braised shin of beef with a parsley pesto and fried parsley.
Marya Dmitrievna Pesto—that was her maiden name—had lost her parents in childhood.
A House of Gentlefolk|Ivan Turgenev
British Dictionary definitions for pesto
pesto
/ (ˈpɛstəʊ) /
noun
a sauce for pasta, consisting of basil leaves, pine nuts, garlic, oil, and Parmesan cheese, all crushed together
Word Origin for pesto
Italian, shortened form of pestato, past participle of pestare to pound, crush
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