spaghetti
A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.
Example
“Her mother was cooking spaghetti for dinner.”
Other meanings
A dish that has spaghetti () as a main part of it, such as spaghetti bolognese.
Denoting Italianness.
Related words
- courgetti
- despaghettify
- pizza-ghetti
- spadinner
- spaghettery
- spaghettiesque
- spaghettiless
- spaghettilike
- spag
- spag bol
- spaghettification
- spaghettify
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "σφάκος" (apple sage (Salvia pomifera)).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “spaghetti” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.