: a sauce made especially of fresh basil, garlic, oil, pine nuts, and grated cheese
Example Sentences
Top the bread with pesto.
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Word History
Etymology
Italian, from pesto, adjective, pounded, from pestare to pound, from Late Latin pistare, frequentative of Latin pinsere