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impaste

verb im·paste \im-ˈpāst\

Definition of IMPASTE

transitive verb

obsolete

: to make into a paste or crust

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Origin of IMPASTE

Italian impastare, from in- (from Latin) + pasta paste, from Late Latin

First Known Use: 1576

Rhymes with IMPASTE

bald-faced, barefaced, bold-faced, distaste, dough-faced, foretaste, lambaste, lightfaced, moonfaced, pie-faced, po-faced, posthaste, self-paced, shamefaced, shirtwaist, snail-paced, slipcased, stone-faced, straight-faced, straitlaced, toothpaste, two-faced, unchaste, unplaced, white-faced

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