lasagna

noun
/ləˈzɑː.njə/UK/ləˈzæn.jə/US/ləˈzɑ.njə/CA/lɘˈsɐː.njɘ/

Etymology

From Italian lasagna (and its plural lasagne), possibly from Vulgar Latin *lasania, from Latin lasanum (“cooking pot”), from Ancient Greek λάσανον (lásanon, “trivet or stand for a pot”). Others argue the Italian lasagna originally derived from the Arabic لَوْزِينَج (lawzīnaj, “almond cake”).

  1. derived from لَوْزِينَج — “almond cake
  2. derived from λάσανον
  3. derived from lasanum
  4. derived from *lasania
  5. borrowed from lasagna

Definitions

  1. A flat sheet of pasta.

  2. An Italian baked dish comprising layers of such pasta with various ingredients (usually a…

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

    • I’m going to fix you a cup of coffee and a plate of lasagna.
  3. A combination or layering of things.

    • Kristofer'd gotten it through his head shortly after their arrival to swim naked in the lake, such as it was, and his skin blemished into a lasagna of red hives, white welts, and disarming yellowish spots.
    • Unfortunately, typical mattresses are often a lasagna of nonbiodegradable synthetics, pesticides, and potentially carcinogenic toxins.
    • It's sort of a lasagna of ideas about time and dreams.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA