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English
Etymology
From Italian cavatappi.
Noun
cavatappi (uncountable)
- A type of pasta in the form of spiral macaroni.
Italian
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of cava (“to extract, to pull out”) + tappi (“corks”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cavatappi m
- corkscrew
- a type of pasta in the form of spiral macaroni
Further reading
cavatappi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana