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spaghetti

[spuh-get-ee]

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.



spaghetti

/ əˈɡɛɪ /

noun

  1. pasta in the form of long strings

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of spaghetti1

1885–90; < Italian, plural of spaghetto, diminutive of spago thin rope < Late Latin spacus twine, probably < Greek áDz long-threaded lichen
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of spaghetti1

C19: from Italian: little cords, from spago a cord
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And chunks of cooked zucchini were slyly thrown into soups and spaghetti.

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The mother-of-two also spoke about putting powdered dried mushrooms into a range of foods like spaghetti, brownies and stew, which prosecutors allege was practice for the fatal lunch.

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The final task involved residents building the tallest tower using spaghetti and marshmallows.

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Massara, an Italian restaurant in New York City, even serves a cold pasta: a chilled spaghetti with red prawn and briny, decadent sea urchin.

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On one occasion, she said he threw a spaghetti bowl at her, which narrowly missed her head, Mia told the court.

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Spelling tips forspaghetti

The word spaghetti is hard to spell because, based on how it is pronounced, you wouldn't expect that h to be there. The double t can also be easy to miss. How to spell spaghetti: To remember how to properly spell spaghetti, you can think of the phrase "There is a ghost in Betty's spaghetti." This reminds you that there is a g followed by an h in the middle of the word, like in the spelling of ghost. It also reminds you of the ending -ett, similar to the double t you find in the word Betty.

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