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cannelloni

cannelloni

5 6.0
A large pasta tube filled with meat or cheese and baked in sauce
  • noun
  • /ˌkænəˈloʊni/
translation icon : canelón
  • Nino, I made a big batch of cannelloni.
  • chicken cannelloni
  • stuff cannelloni
  • cannelloni shells

Examples

  • He chatted about Italian food—cannelloni—and had a great recipe for San Francisco sourdough bread.

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  • Guys, no way my cannelloni is still in the oven.

  • With cannelloni, you can never go wrong.

  • I know a place that has the greatest cannelloni.

  • The cannelloni was cold yesterday, but let's see what it's doing today.

  • On a recent Wednesday, the daily special of chicken and pumpkin cannelloni with a side salad for $7.95 sold out quickly.

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  • Who knew lobster cannelloni was an aphrodisiac?

  • Chicken cannelloni.

  • The chef prepared delicious cannelloni filled with creamy ricotta and spinach.

  • For dinner, we ordered cannelloni smothered in marinara sauce and topped with cheese.

Synonyms

pasta
vscannelloni
255 1.0

Food made from wheat flour mixed with water or eggs, shaped into pieces and boiled, often served with sauce

is a specific large filled tube version of that general food, usually baked
ravioli
vscannelloni
33 2.7

Small pasta pockets filled with meat, cheese, or vegetables and served with a sauce

is larger, tube-shaped filled pasta that is typically baked in sauce
manicotti
vscannelloni
7 5.8

Large pasta tubes filled with cheese or meat and baked in tomato sauce

is large stuffed tubes often baked in any sauce rather than only tomato
tortellini
vscannelloni
4 4.1

Small ring-shaped pasta filled with meat, cheese, or vegetables

is a much larger tubular stuffed form that is often baked

Surface Forms

cannelloni singular
cannellonis plural

Etymology

Cannelloni comes from the Italian canna, which means 'reed' or 'tube' and is the same root seen in canal. Think of a large hollow reed you can fill with cheese or meat, which explains why cannelloni are big tube-shaped pasta made for stuffing and baking.