angel hair
A type of pasta, thinner than spaghetti or vermicelliA type of pasta, thinner than spaghetti or vermicelli.
» We need more angel hair.
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5 senses(uncountable)A type of pasta, thinner than spaghetti or vermicelli.
Capelli d'angelo, Engelshaarpasta, Capellini
капе́лли д’а́нджелоkapélli d’ándželo, капелли́ниkapellíni
(uncountable)A traditional Portuguese sweet food, fios de ovos.
(uncountable)A sticky, fibrous substance reported in connection with UFO sightings and other paranormal manifestations.
(uncountable)A parasitic plant of the genus Cuscuta, dodder.
(uncountable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see angel, hair.
Examples
1 sentencesWe need more angel hair.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
Sense 1 is a semantic loan from Italian capelli d'angelo.Sense 1 is a semantic loan from Italian capelli d'angelo.
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Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.