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Definition of 'al dente'

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al dente

(æl denteɪ )
adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE]
If you cook pasta or a vegetable until it is al dente, you cook it just long enough so that it is neither hard nor soft but is firm and slightly chewy.
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al dente in British

Italian (al ˈdɛnte)
adjective
(of a pasta dish) cooked so as to be firm when eaten
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Word origin of 'al dente'
literally: to the tooth
Word Frequency

al dente in American

(ɑl ˈdɛnteɪ ; äl denˈtā; æl ˈdɛnti ; al dentˈē)
cooked until firm to the bite; chewy
said esp. of pasta
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word origin of 'al dente'
It, lit., to the tooth

Example sentences containing 'al dente'

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Serve over the pasta cooked al dente. Times, Sunday Times (2013)

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Used Rarely. al dente is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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Nearby words of 'al dente'

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Definition of al dente from the Collins English Dictionary

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