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# spaghetti

«spaghetti» in Mova's school dictionary: **a kind of pasta made in long, thin strings, which is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (spaghetti — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Spaghetti is a kind of pasta made in long, thin strings, which is boiled and eaten with a sauce. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaghetti/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life and food lessons: spaghetti bolognese, spaghetti with meatballs; it comes from Italy. In maths and science: dry spaghetti can be used to make shapes or test strength (spaghetti bridges). Phrase: "spaghetti junction" = a very tangled road junction.

### examples

- We had spaghetti for dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaghetti/#x1)
- I twirl spaghetti round my fork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaghetti/#x2)
- Spaghetti comes from Italy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaghetti/#x3)
- Dry spaghetti snaps easily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaghetti/#x4)
- We built a bridge from spaghetti and marshmallows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaghetti/#x5)
- Spaghetti bolognese is my favourite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaghetti/#x6)
- The wires were tangled like spaghetti. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaghetti/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: "some spaghetti", not "a spaghetti" (a single one is a "strand of spaghetti"). Spelling: s-p-a-g-h-e-t-t-i (gh, tt).

### In the corpora

- [In 1957 the BBC showed a famous report of spaghetti «growing on trees» in Switzerland, and many viewers believed it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks/4/)
- [News and companies often publish joke stories on April 1st, like the 1957 BBC report of spaghetti growing on trees.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks/15/)
- [In 1957 the BBC showed a famous report of spaghetti «growing on trees», and many people believed it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts/4/)
- [On April 1st news websites and companies often publish joke stories; in 1957 the BBC famously showed spaghetti «growing on trees».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers/3/)
- [In 1957 the BBC programme Panorama showed a spoof film of spaghetti growing on trees, and many viewers believed it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/440-april-fools-day/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «spaghetti» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaghetti/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.