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tortellino

tortellino noun: a piece of tortellini.

Noun

tortellino (plural tortellini)

  1. A piece of tortellini.
    • Pick the tortellino up and twist it around your index finger until the edges meet.1996, Leonardo Castellucci, Pastissima!: Pasta the Italian Way, published 1997, →ISBN, page 123
    • At that time, the only machine available on the market was able to produce a ring-shaped tortellino and was fitted with a continuous threaded screw device to put the filling in the tortellino. As this was unsuitable for the home-made kind of tortellino Giovanni had in mind, he asked for specific...2013, Balmer, John M. T., Illia, Laura, González del Valle Brena, Almudena, editors, Contemporary Perspectives on Corporate Marketing: Contemplating Corporate Branding, Marketing and Communications...

Examples of tortellino in a sentence

  • At that time, the only machine available on the market was able to produce a ring-shaped tortellino and was fitted with a continuous threaded screw device to put the filling in the tortellino.2013, Balmer, John M. T., Illia, Laura, González del Valle Brena, Almudena, editors, Contemporary Perspectives on Corporate Marketing...
  • There is always that one tortellino that bursts in the boiling water.2020, Camilla Pang, Explaining Humans: What Science Can Teach Us about Life, Love and Relationships, Penguin Books, →ISBN:

Forms of tortellino

pluraltortellini

Origin of tortellino

From Italian tortellino, singular of tortellini.

Questions about tortellino

What does tortellino mean?
Tortellino means a piece of tortellini.
How do you use tortellino in a sentence?
At that time, the only machine available on the market was able to produce a ring-shaped tortellino and was fitted with a continuous threaded screw device to put the filling in the tortellino.
What part of speech is tortellino?
Tortellino is a noun.
What is the plural of tortellino?
The plural of tortellino is tortellini.

Words near tortellino in the dictionary

  1. torteau
  2. torteaus
  3. torteaux
  4. tortelli
  5. tortellini
  6. tortellino
  7. tortelloni
  8. tortelly
  9. torten
  10. tortes
  11. tortest

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