What does the word paste mean?
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An exceedingly thick sticky fluid.
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A viscid, tenacious mixture. Also, a compound medicine, like the pastil, but less consistent, flexible, less saccha-rine, and more mucilaginous. A convenient paste for attaching labels to glass, or for other services, is made of gum tragacanth and water, to which alum is added.
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[ Latin] A soft, cohesive, semi-fluid mass, e. g., that formed by mixing flour and water( Flour-p.).
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Usage examples for paste
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The muscles less of steel than paste, Why, they of nature feel distaste For flash, much more for push, of arms. – The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith by George Meredith
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He stooped, for whether by accident or design, the girl had dropped a small paste- board box on the floor. – The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas by Margaret Vandercook
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