noun

spaghetti

spuh-GEH-tee

noun

Long, thin strands of pasta, or a dish made from them.

"She boiled a pot of spaghetti for dinner."

"He twirled the spaghetti around his fork."

verb

To become tangled or stretched out like strands of spaghetti (informal).

"The cables behind the desk had spaghettied into an impossible knot."

How to Use Spaghetti

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishLong thin pasta strands — the classic dish is "spaghetti and meatballs."

Common pairings

spaghetti sauce plate of spaghetti spaghetti junction

spaghettied past tense, spaghettis singular

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From Italian spaghetti, the plural of spaghetto ("a strand of spaghetti"), from spago ("string, twine").

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