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spaghetti
[spuh-get-ee]
noun
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.
Electricity., an insulating tubing of small diameter into which bare wire can be slipped.
spaghetti
/ spəˈɡɛtɪ /
noun
pasta in the form of long strings
Usage
Word History and Origins
Origin of spaghetti1
Word History and Origins
Origin of spaghetti1
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Example Sentences
Why doesn't spaghetti fall apart when it's boiled?
The region also is home to one of the country’s recent pasta innovations—spaghetti all’assassina, or “murderer’s style”—invented in Bari in the 1960s.
“In terms of making offers, buyers are throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. Sellers who want to make it stick, will.”
"While I'm eating spaghetti or asleep, the book is still busy," is how he describes it.
Before the game, Hamilton players were treated to a spaghetti and toasted sourdough bread dinner created by the mother of 285-pound tackle Micah Butler, Natasha, an executive chef.
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When To Use
The word spaghetti is hard to spell because, based on how it is pronounced, you wouldn't expect that h to be there. The double t can also be easy to miss. How to spell spaghetti: To remember how to properly spell spaghetti, you can think of the phrase "There is a ghost in Betty's spaghetti." This reminds you that there is a g followed by an h in the middle of the word, like in the spelling of ghost. It also reminds you of the ending -ett, similar to the double t you find in the word Betty.
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