angel hair
angel hair noun: a type of pasta, thinner than spaghetti or vermicelli.
Noun
angel hair (uncountable)
- A type of pasta, thinner than spaghetti or vermicelli.
- Synonyms:
- capelli d'angelo, capellini
- A traditional Portuguese sweet food, fios de ovos.
- A sticky, fibrous substance reported in connection with UFO sightings and other paranormal manifestations.
- Angel hair consists of thin, cotton-like fibers that are found at the scene of UFO sightings. The strands look like spider webs (which many skeptics assert is precisely what they are) and have been found on houses, on the ground, in trees, and hanging off electrical wires following a UFO sighting.2019, Stephen Spignesi, William J. Birnes, The Big Book of UFO Facts, Figures & Truth, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
- A parasitic plant of the genus Cuscuta, dodder.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see angel, hair.
angel hair meaning in Persian
angel hair in Persian
- very thin type of pasta
- کاپلی دانجلو kâpeli dânjelo, کاپلینی kâpelini
Synonyms of angel hair
Origin of angel hair
Sense 1 is a semantic loan from Italian capelli d'angelo.
Questions about angel hair
- What does angel hair mean?
- Angel hair means a type of pasta, thinner than spaghetti or vermicelli.
- What is angel hair in Persian?
- Angel hair in Persian is کاپلی دانجلو (kâpeli dânjelo), کاپلینی (kâpelini). See Angel hair meaning in Persian.
- What part of speech is angel hair?
- Angel hair is a noun.
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