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Definition of spaghetti - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
pasta typelong, thin pasta strands
- She cooked spaghetti for dinner last night..
2.
fooddish built around long thin pasta served with sauce
- We had spaghetti bolognese last night.
Images of spaghetti
long, thin pasta strands 
dish built around long thin pasta served with sauce
Expressions with spaghetti
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situation or process that is confusingly intricate
Navigating the new tax laws felt like a spaghetti bowl..
complex network of intersecting roads or paths
The city's spaghetti junction made navigating by car very confusing.
messy program code that is hard to understand or change
This project is full of spaghetti code.
try many ideas to see which one works
They throw spaghetti against the wall to find the best solution.
make many attempts hoping one will succeed
They throw spaghetti at the wall to find a good solution.
dish of spaghetti pasta with meatballs in tomato sauce
She ordered spaghetti and meatballs at her favorite Italian restaurant..
spaghetti with a meat and tomato sauce
We had spaghetti bolognaise for dinner last night.
pasta with a meat and tomato sauce
I love eating spaghetti Bolognese for dinner.
dish combining spaghetti and pizza ingredients
We ordered a spaghetti pizza for dinner.
tomato-based sauce used on spaghetti
She poured the spaghetti sauce over the freshly cooked pasta.
type of squash with flesh that separates into spaghetti-like strands when cooked
She baked the spaghetti squash and scraped out the strands with a fork..
very thin shoulder strap on clothing
She wore a dress with spaghetti straps to the party.
Western film made by Italian filmmakers
He loves watching old spaghetti Westerns on weekends.
disorganized and messy arrangement of cables
The technician had to sort out the cable spaghetti behind the TV.
kitchen tool with comb-like ends for serving pasta
She used spaghetti tongs to serve the pasta.
type of squash with stringy flesh
Vegetable spaghetti is delicious when baked with cheese.
try many ideas to see which one works
In the meeting, we threw spaghetti at the ceiling to find a solution.
model bridge made from uncooked spaghetti
The students built a spaghetti bridge for the competition.
diagram with many lines showing flow or connections
The spaghetti chart showed how products moved through the factory.
programming with complex, tangled code difficult to follow
The project failed due to spaghetti programming.
graphical tool showing movement in manufacturing processes
The team used a spaghetti diagram to improve workflow.
Origin of spaghetti
Italian, spaghetto (thin string)
Terms with spaghetti included in their meaning
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italian noodles
fine strands of pasta resembling thin spaghetti
abr: spaghetti bolognese
pasta dish with meat sauce
food
long, slender pasta thinner than spaghetti
acr: Flying Spaghetti Monster
parody religion with a pasta god
food
dish with pizza and spaghetti served together
kids talk
playful name for spaghetti, often a quick pasta meal
food
informal term for spaghetti
abr: Spaghetti
long thin pasta often served with sauce
food
single strand of spaghetti pasta
Italian cuisine
dish of spaghetti pasta with meatballs in tomato sauce
British dish
spaghetti with a meat and tomato sauce
food
dish combining spaghetti and pizza ingredients
food
tomato-based sauce used on spaghetti
general term
any sauce served with spaghetti
vegetable
type of squash with flesh that separates into spaghetti-like strands when cooked
plants
plant producing squash with spaghetti-like strands
spaghetti squash
type of squash with stringy flesh
road network
complex network of roads or highways interconnecting like strands of spaghetti
religion
deity made of spaghetti and meatballs in Pastafarianism
engineering
model bridge made from uncooked spaghetti
cooking
test if spaghetti is cooked by throwing it at a ceiling
Examples of spaghetti in a sentence
He twirled the spaghetti around his fork. Spaghetti carbonara is my favorite dish. They served spaghetti with garlic bread.
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- French:spaghettis, pâtes, ...
- German:Spaghetti, ...
- Italian:spaghetti, pasta, ...
- Spanish:pasta larga, pasta, ...
- Portuguese:esparguete, ...
- Chinese:意大利面, 意大利面条, ...
- Japanese:スパゲッティ, ...
- Arabic:سِباغِيتِي, ...
- Hebrew:סְפַּגֶּטִי, ...
- Russian:спагетти, макароны, ...
- Ukrainian:спагеті, макарони, ...
- Hindi:स्पेगेटी, पास्ता, ...
Definition of spaghetto - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
foodRare single strand of spaghetti pastaRare
- I found a lone spaghetto on my plate.
- A spaghetto slipped off the fork.
- He twirled a single spaghetto with his fork.
Origin of spaghetto
Italian, spago (string)
View all translations of spaghetto
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- French:un brin de spaghetti, ...
- German:Spaghettinudel, ...
- Italian:spaghetto, ...
- Spanish:espagueti, ...
- Portuguese:esparguete, ...
- Chinese:单根意面, ...
- Japanese:スパゲット, ...
- Arabic:شَعِيرَة سْبَاغِيتِي, ...
- Hebrew:סְפָּגֵטוֹ, ...
- Russian:спагетти, ...
- Ukrainian:спагето, ...
- Hindi:स्पघेटो, ...
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