paste

noun
/peɪst/

A soft moist mixture, in particular

Other meanings

One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.
One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.

A kind of

composition

Example sentences

“Did you copy and paste this from somewhere?”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Ancient Greek "παστά".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “paste” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.