spaghetti
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++spa·ghet·ti /spəˈɡeti/ ●●● S3 noun [uncountable]
DFFa type of pasta in very long thin pieces, that is cooked in boiling water 意大利粉,意大利面条spaghetti bolognaise British English (=cooked spaghetti served with a meat and tomato sauce) 肉酱意粉 → macaroni, tagliatelle
Examples from the Corpus
spaghetti• Well known pastas such as spaghetti and lasagne are still the best-selling products.• A night out for her is a church spaghetti supper, not a wine-tasting dinner.• Sometimes there is pure chaos: The two lines just fill the cube with colored spaghetti.• I picture Victor cooking spaghetti in his bedsitter, and I realize it's happened to him too.• But I like spaghetti here, with my salad and vinegar and oil running into it.• I also love spaghetti with a simple sauce - pasta's great for weight watchers.• Small tin of spaghetti or baked beans in tomato sauce.• Sugared spaghetti with glazed meatballs and honeydew spinach.spaghetti bolognaise• Bleakly, he sat at the kitchen table eating spaghetti bolognaise out of a tin.• A good day's diet is spaghetti bolognaise for tea.• Female speaker They'd have to serve her favourite dish which is spaghetti bolognaise.Origin spaghetti (1800-1900) Italian spago “string”spa·ghet·ti nounChineseSyllable
pasta thin that is pieces, Corpus a type in very of long
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spaghetti
spa‧ghet‧ti /spəˈɡeti/
noun [uncountable]
a type of pasta in very long thin pieces, that is cooked in boiling water
spaghetti bolognaise British English (=cooked spaghetti served with a meat and tomato sauce)
⇨ macaroni
, tagliatelle
spa‧ghet‧ti /spəˈɡeti/
noun [uncountable] Date: 1800-1900
Language: Italian
Origin: spago 'string'
Language: Italian
Origin: spago 'string'

a type of pasta in very long thin pieces, that is cooked in boiling water
spaghetti bolognaise British English (=cooked spaghetti served with a meat and tomato sauce)
⇨ macaroni
, tagliatelle