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# pasty

noun (a pasty, pasties — PAST-ee); adjective (pasty, pastier, pastiest — PAYST-ee)

«pasty» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. noun (UK): A pastry case folded around a filling of meat and vegetables, baked; the Cornish pasty is famous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pasty/#m1)
2. adjective: (of a face or skin) Pale and unhealthy-looking, like dough. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pasty/#m2)
3. adjective: Like paste: thick and sticky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pasty/#m3)

### In the lessons

In UK and Cornish life, pasties are a lunch food; Cornish miners took them underground and held the thick crust edge. In stories, «a pasty face» shows someone is ill, tired or has not been outside. Phrases: «Cornish pasty», «a meat pasty», «pasty-faced», «pale and pasty».

### Examples

- We bought a hot Cornish pasty at the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pasty/#x1)
- The pasty was filled with beef, potato and onion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pasty/#x2)
- Tin miners used to eat pasties down the mines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pasty/#x3)
- After being ill all week he looked pasty and tired. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pasty/#x4)
- The paint looked thick and pasty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pasty/#x5)
- Gran bakes cheese and onion pasties on Saturdays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pasty/#x6)
- I made the pasty according to the best rules; nothing has been left out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pasty/#x7)

### Note

Two pronunciations: the food is PASS-tee (short a); the pale adjective is PAYS-tee (like «paste»). Plural noun: pasties. In the US, the food is less known except in Michigan; «pasties» there can also mean something else, so be careful. Comparatives: pastier, pastiest.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pasty» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pasty/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pasty» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pasty.html) on Mova free.