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stromboli

UK/stɹɒmˈbəʊli/US/stɹɑmˈboʊli/

stromboli noun: a type of turnover filled with various cheeses, typically mozzarella, and Italian meats such as salami, capicola and bresaola.

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Noun

stromboli (plural strombolis)

  1. A type of turnover filled with various cheeses, typically mozzarella, and Italian meats such as salami, capicola and bresaola.
    Synonyms:
    boli

Proper noun capitalized: Stromboli

Stromboli

  1. One of the Aeolian Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea; it has an active volcano

Synonyms of stromboli

Forms of stromboli

pluralstrombolis

Origin of stromboli

Named for the 1950 film Stromboli, named for the island of Stromboli.

Borrowed from Italian Stromboli.

Words formed from stromboli

Questions about stromboli

What does stromboli mean?
Stromboli means a type of turnover filled with various cheeses, typically mozzarella, and Italian meats such as salami, capicola and bresaola.
What part of speech is stromboli?
Stromboli can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce stromboli?
Stromboli is pronounced /stɹɑmˈboʊli/ (US).
What is the plural of stromboli?
The plural of stromboli is strombolis.

Words near stromboli in the dictionary

  1. strombids
  2. strombine
  3. strombite
  4. strombites
  5. stromboid
  6. stromboli
  7. strombolian
  8. strombolis
  9. strombs
  10. strombus
  11. strombuses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stromboli (page history and authors); Stromboli (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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