n.
Pronunciation: sp ə - ' ge-t ē
Function: noun
Etymology: Italian, from plural of spaghetto, diminutive of spago cord, string, from Late Latin spacus
Date: 1874
1 : pasta made in thin solid strings
2 : insulating tubing typically of varnished cloth or of plastic for covering bare wire or holding insulated wires together
– spa · ghet · ti · like \ - ˌ l ī k \ adjective