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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The red-sauce joint, noted for Italian-American staples like spaghetti and meatballs, gnocchi and saltimbocca, as well as its interior decor that hadn’t changed since the 1970s, went out on a high note, with tables booked until the very end.
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Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 30 Dec. 2025
Renowned Chef Fulvio Pierangelini has curated a menu featuring some of his greatest hits, like his sublime spaghetti with tomato sauce, and found inspiration in Sicily’s abundant natural resources.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2025
This is a family friendly dinner that takes spaghetti up a notch.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025
Typical dishes include caldereta – goat stew with potatoes, carrots, olives and peas – and Filipino spaghetti, an adaptation of Italian Bolognese featuring a tomato sauce that’s sweetened with banana ketchup and brown sugar, then topped with hot dogs.
—Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 22 Dec. 2025
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Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 30 Dec. 2025
Renowned Chef Fulvio Pierangelini has curated a menu featuring some of his greatest hits, like his sublime spaghetti with tomato sauce, and found inspiration in Sicily’s abundant natural resources.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2025
This is a family friendly dinner that takes spaghetti up a notch.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025
Typical dishes include caldereta – goat stew with potatoes, carrots, olives and peas – and Filipino spaghetti, an adaptation of Italian Bolognese featuring a tomato sauce that’s sweetened with banana ketchup and brown sugar, then topped with hot dogs.
—Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 22 Dec. 2025
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“Spaghetti.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaghetti. Accessed 5 Jan. 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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