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cavatappi

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English

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Etymology

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From Italian cavatappi.

Noun

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cavatappi (uncountable)

  1. A type of pasta in the form of spiral macaroni.

Italian

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Etymology

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Verb-object compound, composed of cava (“to extract, to pull out”) +‎ tappi (“corks”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cavatappi m

  1. corkscrew
  2. a type of pasta in the form of spiral macaroni

Further reading

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cavatappi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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