lasagna

Thân thiện

A family shares a large, cheesy lasagna for dinner.

Definition

Noun: 1. A type of pasta: Very wide, flat strips or sheets of pasta, often with ruffled edges. 2. A baked dish: An Italian dish consisting of layers of these pasta sheets baked with sauce (typically tomato-based), cheese (often ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan), and fillings such as meat or vegetables.

Examples

• As a type of pasta (uncountable):
  • I need to buy a box of lasagna to make the dish.
  • The recipe calls for fresh lasagna sheets.
• As a baked dish (countable/uncountable):
  • She makes the best vegetarian lasagna.
  • We had lasagna for dinner last night.
  • He baked two large lasagnas for the party.

Advanced Usage

• "Lasagna al forno": The full Italian name for the baked dish, meaning "lasagna in the oven."
• The word can be used attributively (like an adjective) to describe other things related to the dish.
  • We're using a lasagna pan.
  • This is my grandmother's lasagna recipe.

Variants and Related Words

• Lasagne: This is the plural Italian form and is commonly used interchangeably with "lasagna," especially in British English, for both the pasta and the dish.
• Lasagnette: A narrower version of lasagna pasta.

Synonyms

• For the pasta: pasta sheet, wide noodle (informal).
• For the dish: baked pasta, pasta casserole.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• (As) layered/complex as a lasagna: Used informally to describe something with many intricate layers or components.
  • The plot of that novel is as layered as a lasagna.

Học thuật

Noun

1. very wide flat strips of pasta
2. baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables

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