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spaghetti
CIDE DICTIONARY
spaghetti, n. [It.].
A variety or macaroni made in tubes of small diameter. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
spaghetti, n. pasta made in solid strings, between macaroni and vermicelli in thickness.
Idiom
spaghetti Bolognese spaghetti served with a sauce of minced beef, tomato, onion, etc. spaghetti junction a multi-level road junction, esp. on a motorway. spaghetti western a western film made cheaply in Italy.
Etymology
It., pl. of dimin. of spago string: Bolognese It., = of Bologna
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