[tawr-tl-ee-nee; It. tawr-tel-lee-nee] 
| small rounds of pasta, filled, as with a meat or cheese stuffing, and then shaped into rings and boiled: often served in broth or with a sauce. |
| tor·tel·li·ni (tôr'tl-ē'nē) n. Pasta in small rings stuffed usually with meat or cheese and served in soup or with a sauce. [Italian, diminutive of tortelli, a kind of pasta, pl. diminutive of torta, cake, from Late Latin torta, a kind of bread.] |