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stracciatella

Syllables: strac·cia·tellaUK/ˌstɹæt͡ʃəˈtɛlə//ˌstɹɑt͡ʃi.əˈtɛlə/

stracciatella noun: an Italian soup consisting of a meat broth and small shreds of an egg-based mixture, prepared by drizzling the mixture into boiling broth and stirring. Also the ellipsis of stracciatella di bufala.

stracciatella: an Italian soup consisting of a meat broth and small shreds of an egg-based mixture, prepared by...
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Noun

stracciatella (countable and uncountable, plural stracciatellas)

  1. An Italian soup consisting of a meat broth and small shreds of an egg-based mixture, prepared by drizzling the mixture into boiling broth and stirring.
    • ‘I had the happy notion of adding an egg,’ Williams shouted back. ‘It poaches in the soup. Not unlike an Italian stracciatella. Singularly toothsome.[…]’1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 41
  2. A type of Italian gelato (milk-based ice cream) with chocolate shavings.
  3. Any of several types of cheese often pulled into shreds.

Also used as

stracciatella is also the ellipsis of stracciatella di bufala.

Forms of stracciatella

pluralstracciatellas

Origin of stracciatella

Borrowed from Italian stracciatella, from stracciare (“to rip, to tear up”), of ultimate Latin origin. For further information, see the Italian entry.

Words that rhyme with stracciatella

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Questions about stracciatella

What does stracciatella mean?
Stracciatella means an Italian soup consisting of a meat broth and small shreds of an egg-based mixture, prepared by drizzling the mixture into boiling broth and stirring.
What part of speech is stracciatella?
Stracciatella is a noun.
How do you pronounce stracciatella?
Stracciatella is pronounced /ˌstɹɑt͡ʃi.əˈtɛlə/ (US).
What is the plural of stracciatella?
The plural of stracciatella is stracciatellas.

Words near stracciatella in the dictionary

  1. Strabonian
  2. Strabonic
  3. strabotomies
  4. strabotomy
  5. stracchino
  6. stracciatella
  7. stracciatellas
  8. Stracener
  9. Straceners
  10. Strachan
  11. Strachans

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