Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A small casing of pasta with any of various fillings, such as chopped meat or cheese.
- n. A dish made with ravioli.
Wiktionary
- n. Small square parcels of pasta filled with meat, cheese, spinach etc.
- n. A dish made with ravioli.
WordNet 3.0
- n. small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings
Etymologies
- Italian (Wiktionary)
- Italian, pl. of raviolo, perhaps from dialectal rava, turnip, from Latin rāpa. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“For Italians, this season brings mushroom risotto and pumpkin ravioli, truffles, grapes and The Day of the Dead.”
The Huffington Post: Jamie Schler: Pan dei Morti (Bread of the Dead) for All Souls' Day
“The key to making ravioli is having the right equipment.”
Recipes for Oxtail Braised in Sherry & Oxtail Ravioli in Leek-Mushroom Broth
“Remove the ravioli from the water with a slotted spoon and spread out on parchment paper while you make the Leek-Mushroom Broth.”
Recipes for Oxtail Braised in Sherry & Oxtail Ravioli in Leek-Mushroom Broth
“Maria, you should really try - as I said, ravioli is really pretty easy (so long as you have a pasta machine!).”
Recipes for Oxtail Braised in Sherry & Oxtail Ravioli in Leek-Mushroom Broth
“My addiction (beside the produce) this summer was homemade pumpkin ravioli, ohhh, they were SO good.”
“Costco now carries organic ravioli stuffed with spinach and cheese that pairs well with the sauce; the ravioli is made by Monterey Pasta Company.”
“The word ravioli comes from the ravvolgere, meaning 'to wrap' in Italian.”
“James Ahearn of Deer Park was the $3000 scholarship winner for his duck confit roasted pumpkin ravioli with apple 2002 Peconic Bay Dry Riesling butter sauce, while Cesare Bonventre of Brooklyn and Karen Boughtin of Bay Shore each received $1000 scholarships for their entries.”
“Check out the Market Manager’s recipe for a warm salad of pumpkin ravioli, apple, fennel and cranberries with an apple cider-maple dressing at the Smart Market tent.”
“The triangles are no longer called ravioli, however; after a brief, forgettable period as “Cold Fondue,” the dish now goes by the name Shabu Shabu, a play on the Japanese hot pot, in which slices of thinly sliced raw meat are dipped into boiling broth.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ravioli’.
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The Pasta Master
My favourite is potato
gnocchi,interesting that lists
devoted to pasta exclusively
missed pasta puttanesca,those who
really textually mine dictionaries
would not miss...trofie, torchio, sorprese lisce, strozzapreti, sorprese, rotini, ricciutelle, ricciolini, rotelle, radiatori, pipe, orecchiette and 391 more...
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Pasta! Pasta! Pasta!
Who knew unleavened dough and homey Italian know-how could taste so good?
...and look so great!ziti, vermicelli, tubetti, troffiette, tripolini, trennette, trenne, tortiglioni, tortelloni, tortellini, torchio, tonnarelli and 104 more...
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food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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Main Courses
fried liver, steak, fillet of beef, veal cutlets, saute meat, grilled meatballs, mixed grills, roast meat, lamb chops, macaroni, ravioli, rice pilaff and 7 more...
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Foodie
As much fun to say as they are to eat.
blueberry, cider, almond, apricot, asparagus, banana, fudge, foldover, flapjacks, filbert, fig, biscuit and 217 more...
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Pasta la Vista
Because John's and colleen's and Lampbane's lists are their own, and they're such pasta hogs I have to make sure I get some for myself. :)
Includes noodles and other noodle-based items...zituane, rotini, rigati, marziani, salamini, fagioletti, eliche grandi, eliche, elefante, rotellini, rotelli, ziti and 296 more...
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mandarine's Words
antepenultimate, metonymy, synecdoche, pop, kern, inherit, clique, scrumptious, macerate, murmur, kerning, veranda and 1068 more...
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Interesting Foods
smelt, sprat, caviar, sushi, papadum, garlic naan, injera, doro wat, miso, pho, edamame, tataki and 170 more...
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Kaichi's Wordie Darlings, or I'm a Lo...
persnickety, discombobulated, braggadoccio, anthropomorphous, antelucan, confluxible, anomalous, poseur, gallivant, poppycock, falderal, gewgaw and 705 more...
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MacBean's Words
verisimilitude, antediluvian, schadenfreude, eviscerate, exsanguinate, onomatopoeia, aesthetic, apocryphal, aubergine, byronic, brouhaha, bordello and 523 more...
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encyclopedia gustatorica
béchamel, tart, pie, cupcake, roux, jambalaya, étouffé, succulent, plum, pomegranate, peach, apple and 300 more...
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My Favorite Types of Pasta
A selection of the creative and interesting types of pasta, for all WORDIE users to enjoy!
linguine, fusilli, cannelloni, capelli d'angelo, farfalle, capellini, cavatappi, conchiglie, acomo pepe, fettucine, lasagne, gemelli and 25 more...
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maccheroni
fettuccine, linguine, tagliatelle, fiori, fusilli, rotelle, conchiglie, farfalle, orecchiette, gigli, gemelli, gnocchi and 27 more...
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Italian Names I Really Thought I Saw ...
ravioli, salmonella, reptilio, velocirapta, radicchio, philadelphia, barcaloungia, hilario colletti, srebrenica, catafalqua, hungriata, maria lucia velveeta and 24 more...
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Use Your Noodle
I love pasta, in all its numerous forms.
spaghetti, ravioli, mostaccioli, tortellini, vermicelli, lo mein, ramen, ziti, lasagna, linguine, fettuccine, macaroni and 5 more...
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Flour, water, and eggs =
Pasta!
campanelle, cavatelli, conchiglie, farfalle, fioriettini, fusilli, lanterne, orecchiette, pipe, rotelle, rotini, strozzapreti and 33 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for ravioli.
Prolagus Indeed. Apr 17, 2009
bilby I'm curious that John hasn't loved ravioli. Sep 15, 2008