spaghetti
noun
spa·ghet·ti
spə-ˈge-tē 
1
: pasta made in thin solid strings
2
: insulating tubing typically of varnished cloth or of plastic for covering bare wire or holding insulated wires together
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2025
Prepare shirataki spaghetti according to package directions.
—Yakir Levy, Oc Register, 2 Apr. 2025
Mila, who had a piece of spaghetti in her hand at the time, pondered this for a second.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2025
This cowboy spaghetti is also great with black beans.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Mar. 2025
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“Spaghetti.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaghetti. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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spaghetti
noun
spa·ghet·ti
spə-ˈget-ē
: a food made chiefly of a mixture of flour and water dried in the form of thin solid strings
Etymology
from Italian spaghetti "pasta made in long strings," from spaghetti, plural of spaghetto "little string," from spago "string"
Word Origin
The Italian word spago means "cord, string." The suffix -etto in Italian, like the suffix -ette in English, means "little one." Added together, spago and -etto become spaghetto, which means "little string." "Little string" describes very well the shape of a strand of spaghetti. The word spaghetti is actually the plural form of spaghetto.
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