marinara

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adjective

Prepared with tomatoes, or in a tomato sauce.

OriginItalian alla marinara →
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Meanings

adjectivemarinara (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePrepared with tomatoes, or in a tomato sauce.
  2. Australianot comparableOf pasta: In a seafood sauce. Of pizza: With seafood topping.
nounmarinara (countable and uncountable, plural marinaras)

plural marinaras

  1. countableuncountableA marinara sauce.

Origin

  1. Italianalla marinara“sailor style”
  2. Englishmarinara

From Italian alla marinara (“sailor style”).

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Translations

Spanish marinara
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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

armarian
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Chicago

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