spaghetti

[ spuh-get-ee ]
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noun
  1. a white, starchy pasta of Italian origin that is made in the form of long strings, boiled, and served with any of a variety of meat, tomato, or other sauces.

  2. Electricity. an insulating tubing of small diameter into which bare wire can be slipped.

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Origin of spaghetti

1
1885–90; <Italian, plural of spaghetto, diminutive of spago thin rope <Late Latin spacus twine, probably <Greek sphákos long-threaded lichen

usage note For spaghetti

See zucchini.

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British Dictionary definitions for spaghetti

spaghetti

/ (spəˈɡɛtɪ) /


noun
  1. pasta in the form of long strings

Origin of spaghetti

1
C19: from Italian: little cords, from spago a cord

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