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noun
1.
a white, starchy pasta of Italian origin that is made in the form of long strings, boiled, and served with any of a variety of meat, tomato, or other sauces.
2.
Electricity. an insulating tubing of small diameter into which bare wire can be slipped.
Origin:
1885–90; < Italian, plural of spaghetto, diminutive of spago thin rope < Late Latin spacus twine, probably < Greek sphákos long-threaded lichen
1885–90; < Italian, plural of spaghetto, diminutive of spago thin rope < Late Latin spacus twine, probably < Greek sphákos long-threaded lichen
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Spaghetti
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
Example Sentences
- Mix together the chopped tomato, cooked pepper, spaghetti and all other ingredients except mozzarella.
- Drain the cooked spaghetti and transfer them to the sauté pan.
- Information is to behavioral change as spaghetti is to a brick.
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Word Origin & History
spaghetti
1849 (as sparghetti, in Eliza Acton's "Modern Cookery"), from It. spaghetti, pl. of spaghetto "string, twine," dim. of spago "cord," of uncertain origin. Spaghetti Western (one filmed in Italy) first attested 1969. Spaghetti strap is from 1972.
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