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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Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2025
The thin strands of spaghetti still spool around a lush sauce made of pork, beef and veal, with a splash of cream adding a touch of richness, while pinches of spinach make a vain effort to cut through it with its bitter bite.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
This was probably a one-off bit of fan service, because the Scarlet Witch turned Krasinski’s character into CGI spaghetti.
—Dale Obbie, Vulture, 23 July 2025
Even the lobsters and clams on their beds of spaghetti.
—Richard Godwin, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2025
The thin strands of spaghetti still spool around a lush sauce made of pork, beef and veal, with a splash of cream adding a touch of richness, while pinches of spinach make a vain effort to cut through it with its bitter bite.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
This was probably a one-off bit of fan service, because the Scarlet Witch turned Krasinski’s character into CGI spaghetti.
—Dale Obbie, Vulture, 23 July 2025
Even the lobsters and clams on their beds of spaghetti.
—Richard Godwin, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025
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“Spaghetti.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaghetti. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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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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