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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Joe Sevier, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Feb. 2026
That means eating pasta, spaghetti sauce, sweet potatoes, frozen fruit and yogurt, while forgoing items like clementines and fresh vegetables.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 12 Feb. 2026
It is recommended to allow spaghetti sauce to cool before refrigerating to avoid raising the fridge's internal temperature.
—Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2026
Ann Michael makes spaghetti with jarred sauce and appears on camera with a shiny forehead and damp hair.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
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Joe Sevier, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Feb. 2026
That means eating pasta, spaghetti sauce, sweet potatoes, frozen fruit and yogurt, while forgoing items like clementines and fresh vegetables.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 12 Feb. 2026
It is recommended to allow spaghetti sauce to cool before refrigerating to avoid raising the fridge's internal temperature.
—Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2026
Ann Michael makes spaghetti with jarred sauce and appears on camera with a shiny forehead and damp hair.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
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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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