noun
lasagna
luh-ZAH-nyuh
noun
1
Broad, flat sheets of pasta, or the baked Italian dish made by layering them with sauce, cheese, and other fillings.
"She made a vegetable lasagna with layers of spinach and ricotta."
"We ordered lasagna and garlic bread at the Italian place."
How to Use Lasagna
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA layered Italian pasta bake, or the flat pasta sheets used to make it.
Common pairings
a tray of lasagna
vegetable lasagna
homemade lasagna
Word Forms
lasagnas plural, lasagne plural
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Etymology
From Italian lasagna, possibly tracing back to a Latin word for a cooking pot, via Ancient Greek.