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lasagna

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ləˈzɑː.njə

Definitions

  1. A flat sheet of pasta.
  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).
  3. A combination or layering of things.

Equivalents

Españollasaña
Françaislasagne
20 more languages
Catalàlasanya
Češtinalasagne
Dansklasagne
Ελληνικάλαζάνια
Bahasa Indonesialasanya
Íslenskalasanja
Italianolasagna
Lietuviųlazanija
Nederlandslasagne
Portuguêslasanha
Русскийлазанья
Türkçelâzanya
Українськалазанья

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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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