# lasagna

Pronunciation: US say "luh-ZAHN-yuh" /ləˈzæn.jə/; UK say "luh-ZAH-nyuh" /ləˈzɑː.njə/

## Noun

1. A baked Italian dish made of layered pasta sheets with a meat, fish, or vegetable ragù and béchamel sauce.
   - Simple: A baked Italian food made of flat pasta sheets layered with sauce, cheese, and often meat.
   - _She layered the lasagna with ground beef, ricotta, and a rich tomato sauce._
   - _The restaurant's vegetable lasagna uses roasted zucchini and a creamy béchamel._
2. A broad, flat sheet of pasta, used as the layering element in baked dishes.
   - Simple: A flat, wide sheet of pasta used to build layered baked dishes.
   - _Soak each lasagna in warm water so it bends without cracking._
   - _The fresh lasagna, rolled thin by hand, cooked in under two minutes._
3. A combination or layering of different things, one set placed on top of another.
   - Simple: A mix or stack of different things put together in layers.
   - _The software's architecture was a lasagna of legacy systems and quick fixes._
   - _His argument was a lasagna of half-truths layered over a single real grievance._

## Origin

From Italian lasagna (plural lasagne), possibly from Vulgar Latin *lasania, from Latin lasanum ("cooking pot"), from Ancient Greek lásanon ("trivet or stand for a pot"). Others argue the Italian word instead derived from the Arabic lawzīnaj ("almond cake").

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