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strozzapreti

strozzapreti noun: an elongated form of hand-rolled pasta.

strozzapreti: an elongated form of hand-rolled pasta
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Noun

strozzapreti (uncountable)

  1. An elongated form of hand-rolled pasta.
    • 1 pound orecchiette, strozzapreti or other small macaroni2007 February 7, “Recipe: Pasta With Wild Boar Sausage and Kale”, in New York Times

Origin of strozzapreti

From Italian strozzapreti (literally “priest-choker”).

Questions about strozzapreti

What does strozzapreti mean?
Strozzapreti means an elongated form of hand-rolled pasta.
What part of speech is strozzapreti?
Strozzapreti is a noun.

Words near strozzapreti in the dictionary

  1. stroygoods
  2. stroying
  3. stroys
  4. Strozier
  5. Stroziers
  6. strozzapreti
  7. strs
  8. Struan
  9. strub
  10. strubbed
  11. strubbing

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