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courgetti

courgetti noun: courgettes cut into thin spaghettilike strands, often as a substitute for spaghetti.

courgetti: courgettes cut into thin spaghettilike strands, often as a substitute for spaghetti
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Noun

courgetti (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) Courgettes cut into thin spaghettilike strands, often as a substitute for spaghetti.
    • ‘Courgetti’ can be made with other vegetables, such as sweet potato, carrot, parsnip, squash and beetroot, and a mix of different vegetables together looks wonderful.2015, Amelia Freer, chapter 2, in Eat, Nourish, Glow: 10 easy steps for losing weight, looking younger and feeling healthier, Thorsons, page 81
    • Courgetti is such a great healthy alternative to pasta and the batter in this dish really brings it to life. Sweet chilli dipping sauce is one of my favourite condiments because it’s full of sugar and MSG, and it adds a vibrant pop of colour to any dish.2016, Bella Younger, Deliciously Stella, Viking, page 83

Origin of courgetti

Blend of courgette + spaghetti.

Questions about courgetti

What does courgetti mean?
Courgetti means courgettes cut into thin spaghettilike strands, often as a substitute for spaghetti.
What part of speech is courgetti?
Courgetti is a noun.

Words near courgetti in the dictionary

  1. coures
  2. coureur de bois
  3. coureurs de bois
  4. courgette
  5. courgettes
  6. courgetti
  7. couric
  8. courics
  9. Couridjah
  10. courier
  11. courier bag

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