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orecchiette

orecchiette noun: a type of pasta, made with the thumb from a small disk, typically from Puglia.

Noun

orecchiette pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A type of pasta, made with the thumb from a small disk, typically from Puglia.

Origin of orecchiette

Borrowed from Italian orecchiette (literally “little ears”).

Questions about orecchiette

What does orecchiette mean?
Orecchiette means a type of pasta, made with the thumb from a small disk, typically from Puglia.
What part of speech is orecchiette?
Orecchiette is a noun.

Words near orecchiette in the dictionary

  1. Orebić
  2. oreboat
  3. oreboats
  4. orebodies
  5. orebody
  6. orecchiette
  7. oreche
  8. oreches
  9. orectic
  10. orective
  11. orectolobid

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