noun / adjective
macaroni
mak-uh-ROH-nee/ˌmækəˈrəʊni/
Pasta shaped into short tubes or curves.
Short curved pieces of macaroni reveal their hollow centers.
Etymology
Maccarone named a flour-based food made with cheese and butter. The modern English sense focuses on the pasta itself, especially short curved or tubular shapes, rather than the prepared dish.
In context
this one's just titled macaroni. Let's get started so the pasta we're working with today here is a small tube pasta
More examples
- She stirred cheese into the cooked macaroni.
- The salad contained macaroni and chopped vegetables.
- We bought a box of elbow macaroni.
Forms
macaroni