marinara [mahr-uh-nahr-uh, mar-uh-nar-uh] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- Italian Cookery. a highly seasoned sauce of tomatoes, garlic, and spices.
adjective
- garnished or served with marinara: shrimps marinara.
Origin of marinara 1945–50; Italian (alla) marinara literally, in sailor’s style, feminine of marinaro seafaring (adj.), sailor (noun) (dial., for Tuscan marinaio), equivalent to marin(a) sea, noun use of feminine of marino marine + -aro Latin -ārius -ary Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for marinara Contemporary Examples of marinara
Rotisserie-style chicken, whole wheat roll OR whole-wheat spaghetti with Marinara and mozarella cheese.
The Global School Lunch Project
David Frum
December 18, 2012
But the bar snack preparation often masks the delicate squid-iness with dominating flavors of grease and marinara sauce.
Cookstr.com
August 25, 2009