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marinara

marinara

17 2.0
A red tomato sauce with garlic and herbs for pasta or pizza
  • noun
  • /ˌmɛrəˈnɑːrə/
translation icon : salsa marinara
  • I am making marinara and alas... ...I have run out of tomatoes.
  • marinara sauce
  • spaghetti marinara
  • pasta with marinara

And you can get the honey mustard and marinara and you mix those together.

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Examples

  • His favorite of all time is any kind of spaghetti or pasta with marinara sauce, right?

  • After sinking this forkful into the marinara, I guided it into my mouth, which was salivating in anticipation.

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  • Do you have any marinara sauce?

  • I'll just have the pasta with marinara.

  • Add the marinara sauce to the meat and stir to combine.

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  • They'll wind up making a great marinara sauce.

  • And so you're going to have some whole grain pasta with marinara sauce.

  • Here is our holiday wreath pizza with our marinara sauce and all the yummy toppings.

  • As its digital timer flicked slowly down past five minutes, the aroma of marinara sauce permeated the air.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Would you like spaghetti with marinara sauce or meat sauce?

Synonyms

diavolo
vsmarinara
1 8.0

A spicy Italian tomato sauce used on pasta or seafood

is milder and herb based without the added chili heat

How Thick

tomato paste
6 1.5
apple sauce
3 1.0
marinara
17 2.0
broth
76 1.0

Surface Forms

marinara singular
marinaras plural

Etymology

The word marinara comes from Italian and originally meant 'sailor', sharing the same root as English marine, which means 'of the sea'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine sailors making a quick tomato, garlic and herb sauce on their ships, which is why marinara is the simple tomato sauce we now use on pasta and pizza.