Spaghetti

Quick meaning: Spaghetti is a noun meaning (countable, uncountable) A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.

Meaning

(countable, uncountable) A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.

More Meanings

1. (by extension, countable) Denoting Italianness.
2. (uncountable, figuratively, informal) Something confusing or intricate.
3. To serve (someone) spaghetti (noun noun 1 sense 1).
4. To cause (someone or something) to become, or appear to become, longer and thinner; to stretch.
5. To cause (something) to become tangled.
6. (by extension, uncountable, informal, often attributively) Something physically resembling spaghetti (noun 1 sense 1) in appearance or consistency, or in being tangled.
7. (rare) plural of spaghetto

Example Sentences

Her mother was cooking spaghetti for dinner.

spaghetti grid spaghetti junction spaghetti limbs spaghetti strap spaghetti stripes

“But the infrastructure is like spaghetti,” he continued. “It’s chaotic, it doesn’t connect up and there’s no cohesive network. If you can get that right, it will eliminate a lot of confusion.”

Maccheroni, or Spaghetti, a smaller kind of macaroni, sufficient for the dinner of an ordinary mortal, generally follows the soup. It is as a rule served up with tomato sauce, and Parmesan cheese thickly scattered over it.

Word Forms

• spaghettis
• spaghettiing
• spaghettied

Synonyms for spaghetti

Depending on context, synonyms include pasghetti, sketti, spag.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include marinara, wild, overcooked, squash, sandwiches, spaghettini.

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