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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A ribbed tubular form of pasta, larger than penne but with square-cut ends, often slightly curved. plural-normally, uncountable, usually

   "I think some of my rigatoni are still alive. I don’t like to eat them till they’re dead."

2. 2
   tubular pasta in short ribbed pieces wordnet

Example

More examples

"I'll have the Rigatoni alla Siciliana with the gluten-free pasta."

Etymology

From Italian rigatoni, literally an augmented form of rigato (“striped”).

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