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🍗 A cheesy dish 🧀 Parmesan cheese
parm

parm

1 4.3
Grated parmesan cheese used as a topping for pasta or pizza
  • noun
  • /pɑrm/
  • US
translation icon : parmesano
  • Now you're going to add both of these cheeses, parm and pecorino.

Examples

  • Chicken Parm

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  • If you wanted to go a little sharper, you can just grate a bit of parm or even like Pecorino if you want like extra sharp, perfect.

  • Make some chicken parm, watch a movie, then make the chicken parm watch, then watch another movie.

  • They don't have the parm... the... the cheese.

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  • I'm going to add a little bit more parm, and as a little finishing touch, I'm going to just chop a few more walnuts.

  • Quick baked zucchini in my oven, sprinkled with a little fresh parm.

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  • This sounds amazing! I have a recipe for sundried tomato and mozzarella bread, but I love parm even more, so I'm going to try this soon! Thanks for sharing! xx

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  • I love to sprinkle parm on my spaghetti for extra flavor.

  • The chef garnished the pizza with freshly grated parm before serving.

  • For a delicious salad, add some parm to the top along with olive oil and pepper.

Synonyms

Parmesan
vsparm
46 2.5

A hard, dry Italian cheese with a strong taste often grated over pasta

is primarily used as a grated topping rather than general cooking
parmigiano
vsparm
3 4.2

A hard, dry Italian cheese with a strong flavor often grated over pasta dishes

is used as a grated topping for pasta and pizza

Surface Forms

parm singular
parms plural

Etymology

Parm is an informal short for parmesan, the hard Italian cheese named for the city of Parma, meaning 'from Parma'. So parm can mean the grated cheese you sprinkle on pasta or pizza.