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DictionaryspaghettiLong, thin pasta
noun

spaghetti

spuh-GET-ee/spəˈɡeti/

Long narrow strands of pasta.

A white plate holds spaghetti topped with a little tomato sauce.

A white plate of spaghetti with a modest spoonful of tomato sauce, with several long, thin strands loosely extending across the plate so their shape is unmistakable.
Etymology
spaghItaliancord
+ettiItaliandiminutive

The pieces give the image of “little cords”: the long, thin pasta strands resemble strings or twine. The name describes their shape rather than their ingredients.

In context

The Fish Locker31:08
once the spaghetti is ready and this is ready just gonna stir the spaghetti in with the seafood sauce
Coastal Foraging - Clams, Cockles and Shellfish - Seafood Spaghetti Cook Up

More examples

  • Cook the spaghetti in boiling water until tender.
  • She twirls spaghetti around her fork.
  • We serve spaghetti with garlic and olive oil.

Similar words

vermicelli
Has thinner strands than spaghetti in typical American usage.
linguine
Has long, flat strands rather than spaghetti’s round ones.