Definition of "paste" []

• A soft, smooth, thick mixture or material, as: (noun)
• A smooth viscous mixture, as of flour and water or of starch and water, that is used as an adhesive for joining light materials, such as paper and cloth. (noun)
• The moist clay or clay mixture used in making porcelain or pottery. Also called pâte. (noun)
• A smooth dough of water, flour, and butter or other shortening, used in making pastry. (noun)
• A food that has been pounded until it is reduced to a smooth creamy mass: anchovy paste. (noun)

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• "The coca paste is then refined primarily in Columbia into cocaine HCI salt and it predominantly enters the U.S. in this form."
• "After the paste is applied, the pineapple is fired in the kiln for a period of five hours."
• "Coca paste is another form of cocaine that is 60-80percent cocaine sulfate and can also be smoked. 7 The cocaine sulfate is a byproduct of the purification process of cocaine HCI and the paste may contain such impurities as lead, sulfuric acid, kerosene, and methanol. 5 In past years it had been used mainly by inhabitants of coca plant producing countries such as Peru7 but since 1982 has also become popular in the United States. 3 However, alkaloidal cocaine remains the predominant new form in use today."