fusilli
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2.9
- noun
- /fuˈzili/
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fusilli
- Serve the creamy sauce over a bed of fusilli for a delightful meal.
- fusilli pasta
- sauce over fusilli
- pound of fusilli
Examples
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- Fusilli.
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You can also use fusilli in your pasta salad for added texture.
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Can you pass the fusilli?
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l make an excellent fusilli.
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Garlic boy, get us some fusilli, two to go.
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Could be cannelloni, penne, fusilli, trofie, even lasagne.
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Even if it is someday proven to me that men and women are as unalike as fusilli and tagliatelle—
Academic text (2007) -
Fusilli, pancetta, steak, pomegranate, truffle, sun-dried tomatoes.
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I permed my hair so that it stands out restlessly, like uncooked fusilli, the color the same as the redwood stain on the picnic table.
Fiction book (1994) -
Prepare 12 ounces of fusilli pasta according to the package instructions.
Synonyms
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3.5
A short spiral pasta that holds sauce well and people put in salads and pasta dishes
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fusilli comes from Italian fusillo, a small form of fuso, which means 'spindle', the tool used to spin thread. So imagine each pasta as a little 'spindle' or twist that catches sauce, which is why fusilli are short, twisted shapes that hold more sauce.