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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Cooked enough to be firm but not soft: pasta al dente.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. firm (used of pasta which is cooked just right)

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. of pasta cooked so as to be firm when eaten

Etymologies

  1. Italian al (“to the”) +‎ dente (“tooth”). (Wiktionary)
  2. Italian : al, to the + dente, tooth. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “Casey took me there once — spaghetti alia matriciana al dente and buscetti with an ice-cold bottle of beer followed by the piccata and more beer.”

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  • yarb Literally a moment ago I said to Mrs Yarb "do you think there's ever been anyone called Al Dente?" After a brief silence I fired up wordie and lo!
    Nov 28, 2008

  • bilby Unfortunately did not survive his encounter with cannibals, as described in Schwarzer et al. Nov 28, 2008

  • sionnach famous pasta-loving Italian dentist. Nov 28, 2008

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