fusilli

[ fyoo-see-lee, -sil-ee ]

noun(used with a singular or plural verb)

a type of pasta twisted into corkscrew or spiral shapes.

Origin of fusilli

First recorded in 1925–30; from southern Italian dialect, plural of fusillo “little spindle,” diminutive of fuso, from Latin fūsus “spindle”; cf. fuse¹

Words Nearby fusilli

fusiform
fusil
fusile
fusilier
fusillade
fusilli
fusion
fusion bomb
fusionism
fusion, nuclear
fusion reactor

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British Dictionary definitions for fusilli

fusilli

/ (fʊˈziːlɪ, fjʊˈziːlɪ) /

noun

pasta in the form of short spirals

Origin of fusilli

C20: Italian, literally: little spindles, from fuso a spindle

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