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Definition of Pesto
1. Noun. A sauce typically served with pasta; contains crushed basil leaves and garlic and pine nuts and Parmesan cheese in olive oil.
Definition of Pesto
1. Noun. A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually Pecorino) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pesto
1. a sauce of basil, garlic, and olive oil [n -TOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pesto
Literary usage of Pesto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1906)
"opposite its principal front, as at pesto. At Olympia an altar to Zeus is described
by Pausanias as 22 feet high (v, 13, Frazer's translation) and 120 feet ..."
2. The Old Navy and the New by Daniel Ammen, Ulysses Simpson Grant (1891)
"... and Pompeii—Naples—The Temple of Neptune at pesto—Temple of Ceres. Ox arriving
in Florence, I took one of the rather crazy-looking single-horse vehicles ..."
3. Diary of Francis Evans, Secretary to Bishop Lloyd, 1699-1706 by Francis Evans, David K. Robertson (1903)
"... pesto Trin. 1702°. Ric'us BANNER in oppido de Birmingham in Com. War- wicen.
25 annos natus, e collegio Universitatis Oxon' in Artibus Magister et ..."
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