Definition

Noun: A dish consisting of cooked spaghetti pasta served with meatballs in a tomato-based sauce. It is a classic and popular Italian-American meal.

Usage

This term is used as a singular noun phrase to refer to the complete dish. It is typically used in contexts related to cooking, dining, and food description. * For dinner, we are having spaghetti and meatballs. * His favorite comfort food is a big plate of spaghetti and meatballs. * The restaurant is famous for its spaghetti and meatballs.

Examples

• She learned her grandmother's recipe for spaghetti and meatballs.
• Is there any spaghetti and meatballs left in the pot?
• The menu features a classic spaghetti and meatballs dish.

Advanced Usage

The phrase can be used metaphorically to describe something that is a tangled or messy mixture, though this is informal and less common. * After the merger, the company's data systems were a real spaghetti and meatballs of incompatible software.

Variants and Related Words

• Spaghetti (noun): A type of long, thin, solid pasta.
• Meatball (noun): A small ball of ground or minced meat, often mixed with other ingredients like breadcrumbs and herbs.
• Pasta (noun): A staple Italian food made from dough, formed into various shapes.

Synonyms

• Pasta with meatballs
• Spaghetti with meat sauce (Note: This often refers to a sauce with ground meat rather than distinct meatballs)

Noun

1. spaghetti with meatballs in a tomato sauce