angel hair

American  

Sometimes angel’s hair

noun

1. Also called capelli d'angelo.  Italian Cooking. a type of very thin pasta.

2. a Christmas-tree decoration consisting of long, fine threads of white spun glass.

3. a type of building insulation made of spun glass.

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angel hair British  

noun

1. a kind of pasta in the shape of very fine long strands

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Example Sentences

My wife tends to do a make-your-own pasta with angel hair, garlic and butter.

From Los Angeles Times

Angel hair and meatballs will be on the menu very soon!

From Salon

We bellowed our approval of the oil-oozing, hearth-seared mackerel with pepper mash; a server screamed a wine recommendation that would highlight the magnetic funk of the angel hair with sweet crab in funky XO sauce for reasons I couldn’t hear.

From Salon

Right before serving, she tosses them with a pound of al dente angel hair pasta and a generous flurry of grated parmesan cheese.

From Salon

Angel hair pasta, melt some butter into a pan with minced garlic, red chili flakes and tear up some basil — which I grow on my windowsill.

From Salon