spaghetti
Americannoun
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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.
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Electricity. an insulating tubing of small diameter into which bare wire can be slipped.
noun
Usage
See zucchini.
Etymology
Origin of spaghetti
1885–90; < Italian, plural of spaghetto, diminutive of spago thin rope < Late Latin spacus twine, probably < Greek sphákos long-threaded lichen
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Example Sentences
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Seedance's impact is being measured by an unlikely benchmark: how well it generates a clip of Will Smith eating spaghetti.
From BBC
At least Cincinnati chili was fairly normal, though Jonah failed to see the point of putting chili on top of spaghetti, when Ragú worked just as well.
From Literature
In an alley behind Tony’s Restaurant, two dogs share a heaping plate of spaghetti and meatballs under the moonlight.
From Salon
She slurps spaghetti one noodle at a time and tears garlic bread into a million tiny pieces.
From Literature
At home, he noticed small things, like her forgetting to add the meat to the spaghetti sauce.
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