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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ArsTechnica, 23 May 2025
Assembly is easy and the tray is dishwasher-safe, making spaghetti night a snap.
—Toby Rose, Parents, 22 May 2025
There were several fundraisers, like a spaghetti dinner put on by Peggy Sue’s Diner.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
Very impressive, this has enough concentration to pair with roast pork or spaghetti carbonara.
—Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
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“Spaghetti.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaghetti. Accessed 29 May. 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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