manicotti
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- noun
- /ˌmænɪˈkɔti/
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manicotti
- She can feel her resistance breaking down, though not enough to be diverted from the baked manicotti.
- cheese manicotti
- stuffed manicotti
- manicotti shells
Examples
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While the conventional manicotti recipe calls for the housing shells to be boiled, Twinkies come ready-made for the baking pan.
Blog text (4) -
A mumbling waiter brings two plates of Manicotti, Dolly Parton.
Fiction book (1994) -
OK, we'll have the manicotti, Bobo.
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A hundred years, they'll be eating manicotti.
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The manicotti sounds like the osso bucco.
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I love manicotti.
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After the movie, the manicotti, the veal, the cheesecake, and espresso, I feel cozy and content as a pet cat, stretching out and yawning unselfconsciously, hoping Jayne Mason will start singing again.
Fiction book (1994) -
For dinner, I prepared spinach and cheese manicotti baked in a rich tomato sauce.
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The restaurant is famous for its delicious manicotti, which is stuffed with a blend of ricotta and meat.
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We gathered around the table to enjoy a hearty meal of homemade manicotti topped with marinara sauce.
Synonyms
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A large pasta tube filled with meat or cheese and baked in sauce
How Filling
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word manicotti comes from the Italian manicotto, from manica 'sleeve' and the ending -otto. The pasta tubes look like little sleeves you can fill, so manicotti now means pasta tubes stuffed with cheese or meat.