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cavatelli

cavatelli noun: a type of pasta, with rolled edges.

cavatelli: a type of pasta, with rolled edges
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Noun

cavatelli (uncountable)

  1. A type of pasta, with rolled edges.
    • Little Owl’s cavatelli with salty bacon, fava beans and a bracing, sweet tomato broth benefits from the lush, mouth-filling quality of the ricotta crumbled on top.2008 May 28, Julia Moskin, “Suddenly, Ricotta’s a Big Cheese”, in New York Times

Origin of cavatelli

From Italian cavatelli (literally “little hollows”), plural diminutive of cavato (“hollow”) (+ -ello (diminutive), pluralized).

Questions about cavatelli

What does cavatelli mean?
Cavatelli means a type of pasta, with rolled edges.
What part of speech is cavatelli?
Cavatelli is a noun.

Words near cavatelli in the dictionary

  1. Cavasoses
  2. cavass
  3. cavasses
  4. cavatappi
  5. cavate
  6. cavatelli
  7. cavates
  8. cavatina
  9. cavatinas
  10. cavatine
  11. cavatines

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