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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Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza & Wings Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza & Wings has a special for those with a hunger on Saturday: a $9 order of spaghetti and meatballs with the purchase of a beverage.
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Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
In 2023, the internet went ablaze mocking a monstrous AI video of Will Smith eating spaghetti.
—Reece Rogers, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2024
At San Ramon Valley Unified, kitchen crews aspire to provide more meals made from scratch, such as turkey chili with cornbread, spaghetti and meatballs and macaroni and cheese.
—Hannah Poukish, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
The website is where fans can see the alternate artwork that features photos of Beyoncé wearing a casual white tank top and a white cowboy hat, posing with husband Jay-Z, slurping a bowl of spaghetti on an airplane and more glamour shots.
—Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
This means that my sons have slurped spaghetti in Rome and ridden camels in Egypt but have never known the juicy joy of a pan chicken dinner on Eglinton Avenue West.
—Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
Perhaps the city's most unusual creation is barbecue spaghetti.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2024
Incorporate your favorite pizza ingredients into a steaming and savory calzone, or simply add them to a spaghetti casserole.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 25 Mar. 2024
Simply place the spaghetti pieces across the bowl, put the Yeti on top, and carefully remove each piece of spaghetti without the Yeti falling into the bowl.
—Maya Polton, Parents, 24 Mar. 2024
Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
In 2023, the internet went ablaze mocking a monstrous AI video of Will Smith eating spaghetti.
—Reece Rogers, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2024
At San Ramon Valley Unified, kitchen crews aspire to provide more meals made from scratch, such as turkey chili with cornbread, spaghetti and meatballs and macaroni and cheese.
—Hannah Poukish, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
The website is where fans can see the alternate artwork that features photos of Beyoncé wearing a casual white tank top and a white cowboy hat, posing with husband Jay-Z, slurping a bowl of spaghetti on an airplane and more glamour shots.
—Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
This means that my sons have slurped spaghetti in Rome and ridden camels in Egypt but have never known the juicy joy of a pan chicken dinner on Eglinton Avenue West.
—Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
Perhaps the city's most unusual creation is barbecue spaghetti.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2024
Incorporate your favorite pizza ingredients into a steaming and savory calzone, or simply add them to a spaghetti casserole.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 25 Mar. 2024
Simply place the spaghetti pieces across the bowl, put the Yeti on top, and carefully remove each piece of spaghetti without the Yeti falling into the bowl.
—Maya Polton, Parents, 24 Mar. 2024
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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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