macaroni
noun/ˌmækəˈroʊni/
Frequency rank: #11,617 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
A type of pasta shaped like short tubes, used in many dishes.
Example sentence
She boiled some macaroni and mixed it with cheese sauce for dinner.
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