Bucatini

//ˌbuːkəˈtiːni// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A thicker form of spaghetti with a hole running through it. uncountable

    "You could make this with spaghetti or linguine or other types of long skinny pasta, but bucatini are what's used in Rome."

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"You could make this with spaghetti or linguine or other types of long skinny pasta, but bucatini are what's used in Rome."

Etymology

From Italian bucatini, diminutive of buco (“hole”).

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