EGAVE

pasty

About 0.30 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Like paste, sticky.
    These mashed potatoes aren’t cooked well; they are very pasty.
  2. adjective Pale, lacking colour, having a pallor.
    He is pasty-faced.
  3. adjective Whiteskinned.
  4. noun A type of seasoned meat and vegetable hand pie, usually of a semicircular shape.
  5. noun Alternative spelling of pastie (“a small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman's breast, primarily worn by female exotic dancers”).

Similar words

gluey glutinous pastelike adhesive viscid viscous mucilaginous sticky colorless gummy

Often followed by

mass and white face condition or consistency complexion in

Word family

pastier pasties pastiest pastiness pastinesses

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