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tonnarelli

tonnarelli noun: a form of egg pasta resembling spaghetti but with a square cross-section.

Noun

tonnarelli (uncountable)

  1. A form of egg pasta resembling spaghetti but with a square cross-section
    • When you add the spaghetti or tonnarelli, she says, “test it as you cook, so it’s al dente; in Rome we don’t like pasta mushy.”2015 September 11, Taras Grescoe, “When in Rome, Learn to Cook Italian”, in New York Times

Origin of tonnarelli

From Italian tonnarelli.

Questions about tonnarelli

What does tonnarelli mean?
Tonnarelli means a form of egg pasta resembling spaghetti but with a square cross-section.
What part of speech is tonnarelli?
Tonnarelli is a noun.

Words near tonnarelli in the dictionary

  1. tonnages
  2. tonnags
  3. tonnara
  4. tonnaras
  5. tonnare
  6. tonnarelli
  7. tonne
  8. tonneau
  9. tonneau cover
  10. tonneau covers
  11. tonneaued

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