noun / verb

paste

PAYST/peɪst/

A thick smooth mixture.

The brush spreads thick adhesive paste across the paper strip.

A brush spreads thick pale adhesive paste onto the back of a blank paper strip before attachment to a plain board.

Etymology

From the dough sense of Latin pasta, English paste expanded to glue mixtures and dough used as a plaster seal, then more broadly to soft, moist compositions.

In context

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Next, an adhesive is applied to the lining paper. This is a traditional Japanese gluten-free wheat starch paste.

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More examples

A spoonful of tomato paste gives the soup a richer flavor.
He pastes the paper label onto the jar.
She copies the address and pastes it into the form.

Forms

paste · pastes · pasted · pasting

pasty adjective — Having a thick, soft, sticky consistency.

Similar words

puree: Specifically a smooth food mixture made by blending or straining.
slurry: Usually thinner and more pourable, with particles suspended in liquid.
dough: Usually a flour-based mixture firm enough to knead or shape.