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spa·ghet·ti 
[spuh-get-ee] Pronunciation Key
[spuh-get-ee] Pronunciation Key –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; < It, pl. of spaghetto, dim. of spago thin rope < LL spacus twine, prob. < Gk sphákos long-threaded lichen]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| spa·ghet·ti
(spə-gět'ē) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Italian, pl. diminutive of spago, cord.] |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
spaghetti
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| spaghetti | |
noun | |
| 1. | spaghetti served with a tomato sauce |
| 2. | pasta in the form of long strings |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Spaghetti
Spa*ghet"ti\, n. [It.] A variety or macaroni made in tubes of small diameter.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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