LASAGNA

lasagna, lasagne

(noun) very wide flat strips of pasta

lasagna, lasagne

(noun) baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lasagna (plural lasagnas or lasagne or lasagnes)

A flat sheet of pasta.

An Italian baked dish comprising layers of such pasta with various ingredients (usually a meat ragĂą (chiefly Bolognese), a fish ragĂą or a vegetarian/vegetable ragĂą with bechamel sauce)

Usage notes

• In Italian, lasagna refers to one flat sheet of pasta and its plural form, lasagne, refers to the dish. This distinction is rarely observed in English.

• When the dish is referred to as lasagne (rather than lasagna), lasagnes is sometimes found as the plural form, referring to multiple dishes or varieties.

Anagrams

• Laganas, galanas

Source: Wiktionary



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