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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4 July 2026
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2 July 2026
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1 July 2026
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Nick Miller,
New York Times,
4 July 2026
Made with fresh Roma tomatoes and Italian sausage, this hearty pasta sauce is perfect for spaghetti, ravioli, or even polenta.
—
Jasmine Thompson,
Midwest Living,
2 July 2026
Fallon held up a 25-year-old photo of the actress and producer — who originally portrayed Elle Woods — rocking a spaghetti-strap pink fishnet mermaid dress.
—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
Swaps to Up the Protein Content Even More Many traditional recipes use plain spaghetti noodles, but swapping in a high-protein pasta provides more protein and fiber, said Sauceda.
—
Eleesha Lockett,
Verywell Health,
30 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for spaghetti
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“Spaghetti.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaghetti. Accessed 5 Jul. 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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