spaghetti.
A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.
Meaning & usage
A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.
Her mother was cooking spaghetti for dinner.
A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings. A dish that has spaghetti (noun 1 sense 1) as a main part of it, such as spaghetti bolognese.
Denoting Italianness. An Italian person.
Denoting Italianness. Ellipsis of spaghetti western (“a motion picture depicting a story of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, notably in Italy”).
Something physically resembling spaghetti (noun 1 sense 1) in appearance or consistency, or in being tangled.
spaghetti grid spaghetti junction spaghetti limbs spaghetti strap spaghetti stripes
Something physically resembling spaghetti (noun 1 sense 1) in appearance or consistency, or in being tangled. Electrical insulating tubing or electrical wiring.
Something physically resembling spaghetti (noun 1 sense 1) in appearance or consistency, or in being tangled. Roads forming a complex junction, especially one with multiple levels on a motorway.
Something physically resembling spaghetti (noun 1 sense 1) in appearance or consistency, or in being tangled. Disorderly strands of filament, caused by an error during the printing process.
Something confusing or intricate.
Something confusing or intricate. Ellipsis of spaghetti code (“unstructured or poorly structured program source code, especially code with many GOTO statements or their equivalent”).
Where this word comes from
The noun is borrowed from Italian spaghetti, the plural of spaghetto (“strand of spaghetti”), from spago (“cord, string, twine; thread”) + -etto (diminutive suffix). Spago is derived from Latin spagus (“twine”), probably from Ancient Greek σφάκος (sphákos, “apple sage (Salvia pomifera)”), probably from Pre-Greek. The verb is derived from the noun.
To serve (someone) spaghetti (noun noun 1 sense 1).
To cause (someone or something) to become, or appear to become, longer and thinner; to stretch.
He spaghettied the referee when he landed on him.
To cause (something) to become tangled.
To eat spaghetti (noun noun 1 sense 1).
To become, or appear to become, longer and thinner.
To become tangled.
The cables spaghettied onto the shoulder of the technician.
Where this word comes from
The noun is borrowed from Italian spaghetti, the plural of spaghetto (“strand of spaghetti”), from spago (“cord, string, twine; thread”) + -etto (diminutive suffix). Spago is derived from Latin spagus (“twine”), probably from Ancient Greek σφάκος (sphákos, “apple sage (Salvia pomifera)”), probably from Pre-Greek. The verb is derived from the noun.
plural of spaghetto
Where this word comes from
The noun is borrowed from Italian spaghetti, the plural of spaghetto (“strand of spaghetti”), from spago (“cord, string, twine; thread”) + -etto (diminutive suffix). Spago is derived from Latin spagus (“twine”), probably from Ancient Greek σφάκος (sphákos, “apple sage (Salvia pomifera)”), probably from Pre-Greek. The verb is derived from the noun.
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