spaghetti

/spəˈɡɛti/noun
Early ChildhoodNot in standard dictionaries
1

A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.

2

A dish that has spaghetti (noun 1 sense 1) as a main part of it, such as spaghetti bolognese.

3

An Italian person.

4

Ellipsis of spaghetti western (“a motion picture depicting a story of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, notably in Italy”).

5

Something physically resembling spaghetti (noun 1 sense 1) in appearance or consistency, or in being tangled.

6

Electrical insulating tubing or electrical wiring.

7

Roads forming a complex junction, especially one with multiple levels on a motorway.

8

Something confusing or intricate.

9

Ellipsis of spaghetti code (“unstructured or poorly structured program source code, especially code with many GOTO statements or their equivalent”).

Sound Patterns & Rhymes

Rhymes

Words that share the same ending sound pattern

Alliteration

Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)

Assonance

Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing

Consonance

Words sharing similar consonant sound patterns — adds texture and cohesion to writing

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