Meaning of lasagna | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A flat sheet of pasta.
   countable, uncountable
2. 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).
   countable, uncountable
3. A combination or layering of things.
   broadly, countable, uncountable

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Examples

“I’m going to fix you a cup of coffee and a plate of lasagna.”

“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.”

““Everything about us is just one layer of lies after another. We're a lasagna of lies. This is a terrible basis for a relationship.””

“CHOCOLATE LASAGNA / Who says lasagna is only a main dish? Serve this easy, no-bake lasagna for dessert. / Ingredients / 2 3.9-ounce packages (110 g) instant chocolate pudding mix / 2 cups (473 mL) milk / 8 ounces (227g) whipped topping / 16 graham crackers, chocolate or plan / 1 1/2 cups (75g) mini marshmallows / chocolate syrup”

“When you have lifted a layered lasagne of toilet paper and semen from the floor of a submarine yard in Barrow-in-Furness, there’s not much left in the world that can scare you.”

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