n. pasta made in solid strings, between macaroni and vermicelli in thickness.
Phrases and idioms:
spaghetti Bolognese spaghetti served with a sauce of minced beef, tomato, onion, etc. spaghetti junction a multi-level road junction, esp. on a motorway. spaghetti western a western film made cheaply in Italy.
Etymology: It., pl. of dimin. of spago string: Bolognese It., of Bologna