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mostaccioli

mostaccioli

9.9
A tube pasta like penne often baked with tomato sauce and cheese
  • noun
  • /ˌmoʊstəˈtʃoʊli/
  • US
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  • The restaurant is famous for its creamy mostaccioli Alfredo that everyone loves.
  • mostaccioli pasta

Examples

  • With family style at each table, mostaccioli and meatballs, big loaves of bread—you'd save a ton on plating," Joey put in, excited.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • We enjoyed baked mostaccioli with marinara sauce and melted cheese for dinner.

  • For the party, I prepared a large dish of mostaccioli, mixed with vegetables and Italian seasoning.

Synonyms

macaroni
vsmostaccioli
57 1.0

Short tube-shaped pasta often used in salads and casseroles

is a diagonally cut tube often chosen for baked pasta dishes
penne
vsmostaccioli
9 2.4

A short tube pasta with slanted ends often served with sauce

is mainly used in baked pasta dishes rather than with sauce
rigatoni
vsmostaccioli
5 3.7

A short tube pasta with ridges that holds sauce well

is similar in being tubular but is diagonally cut and used for baking

Surface Forms

mostaccioli singular
mostacciolis plural

Etymology

Mostaccioli comes from Italian mosto, which means 'fresh grape juice' or 'must', because the name was first used for foods made with grape must or sweet sauces. That's why mostaccioli became the name for a small, tube-shaped pasta often used in baked dishes with rich sauce.