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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Hurricane Beryl spaghetti models Illustrations include an array of forecast tools and models, and not all are created equal.
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Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
Cincinnati Chili Instead of ladling this chili over spaghetti, try a few spoonfuls on your hot dog to transform it into a Cheese Coney, Cincinnati’s regional riff on Michigan’s Coney Island Hot Dog.
—Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
At the restaurant inside this Hot List winner, the menu offers through-and-through Italian classics that range from the familiar (a perfect spaghetti pomodoro) to the innovative (crispy suckling pig with orange caramel sauce).
—Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 June 2024
Some pair the sauce with rigatoni instead of spaghetti.
—Laura May Todd Enea Arienti, New York Times, 17 May 2024
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Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
Cincinnati Chili Instead of ladling this chili over spaghetti, try a few spoonfuls on your hot dog to transform it into a Cheese Coney, Cincinnati’s regional riff on Michigan’s Coney Island Hot Dog.
—Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
At the restaurant inside this Hot List winner, the menu offers through-and-through Italian classics that range from the familiar (a perfect spaghetti pomodoro) to the innovative (crispy suckling pig with orange caramel sauce).
—Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 June 2024
Some pair the sauce with rigatoni instead of spaghetti.
—Laura May Todd Enea Arienti, New York Times, 17 May 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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