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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Tropical Storm Gabrielle 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, 18 Sep. 2025
In another video, Twiggs puts spaghetti on a sandwich.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Watch the movie afterward and cook up a spaghetti night.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
The majority of long-range computer models (also called spaghetti models) suggest that the storm will follow a familiar track this season — a curve north that steers it clear of the Caribbean and Florida.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
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Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
In another video, Twiggs puts spaghetti on a sandwich.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Watch the movie afterward and cook up a spaghetti night.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
The majority of long-range computer models (also called spaghetti models) suggest that the storm will follow a familiar track this season — a curve north that steers it clear of the Caribbean and Florida.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Spaghetti.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaghetti. Accessed 19 Sep. 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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