Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Pasta in medium-sized, often ridged tubes.
Wiktionary
- n. A type of penne pasta which resembles mostaccioli.
WordNet 3.0
- n. medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces
Etymologies
- From Italian (Wiktionary)
- Italian, from pl. of zito, boy, variant of obsolete citto. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The Chicopee sports bar benefit will feature a disc jockey, a band and a buffet of foods such as ziti and meatballs, deli platters and desserts.”
“Mason, not so much.) "Cooking Light" had a good, easy recipie that included sausage, fennel and onions which I adapted for what I had on hand (no "ziti" in the house, so we just had it over egg noodles.)”
“When you have a unified message, you have some movement," says Ron Adams , director of food services for Portland's 18 public schools, where a recent lunch was ziti with homemade pasta sauce, spinach salad and whole-grain breadsticks.”
“You want to devour the imaginary baked ziti your niece made "all by myself" in her Dora kitchen.”
“At the height of the reception, Mark helps me replace the empty vats of ziti.”
“On the night of Halloween, everyone showed up in costume attire to chow down on big vats of homemade chili, corn muffins and slaw; or large trays of baked ziti, Caesar salad, garlic balls and some sort of festive cocktail.”
The Huffington Post: One For The Table: Melt-in-Your-Mouth Pumpkin Cake
“When I was a kid, my own Irish-American mother was a terrible cook, so I would dutifully eat the remains of whatever luckless animal she'd just burned to a crisp, puke it up and then run down the street to Richie Giardinelli's house, where his mother was always baking ziti or cooking up a fresh pot of meatballs or making manicotti.”
“Pasta dishes such as lasagna and ziti that are baked in tomato sauce also freeze nicely; same with rice dishes.”
“Short cuts of pasta such as rigatoni and ziti are best paired with chunky style sauces.”
The Huffington Post: Mary Ann Esposito: Tips for World Pasta Day
“Layer as follows: half of the ziti, Provolone cheese, sour cream, half of the meat/sauce mixture, remaining ziti, mozzarella cheese, and remaining meat/sauce mixture.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ziti’.
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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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phrontistery-z
from phrontistery.info
zyzzyva, zythum, zymurgy, zymotic, zymotechnics, zymosis, zymosimeter, zymometer, zymology, zymogenic, zymite, zymic and 208 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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Fun Food Names
spaghettini, mutton, bratwurst, zabaglione, sweet potato pie, succotash, slumgullion, bouillabaisse, hush puppy, gumbo, jambalaya, mahimahi and 126 more...
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Unusual words for Words With Friends
A list of words that WWF recognizes as valid - most are unusual words; some are simply high-scoring.
botel, slipe, jeu, chub, chubs, cote, mure, tittle, dev, loo, hoke, helo and 357 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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pcofdirt's Words
besmirched, befuddled, ai, sanguineous, antidisestablishm..., ablation, ascertain, ascerbic, aardvark, begot, benign, buggery and 118 more...
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food
food, chef, spice, salt, sugar, pumpkin, apples, fruit, vegetable, savory, soup, sauce and 280 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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Abbreviate
Is there a name for this type of word?
expediency, obediency, eminency, enemy, arrestee, escapee, ogee, beady, essay, effigy, elegy, tennessee and 59 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...
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phoenix's Words
zarf, zamboni, pleonasm, snowclone, mondegreen, aglet, asystole, ziti, crisitunity, pulchritudinous, cromulent, pegasi and 5 more...
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"Z" Words
Scrabble List
zyme, zori, zoos, zoon, zoom, zonk, zone, zoic, zoea, zits, ziti, zing and 76 more...
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