Definition

Noun: 1. A type of pasta shaped like medium-sized tubes, typically cut into short pieces before cooking. It is larger than penne but smaller than rigatoni.

Usage

Ziti is used as a countable noun (often in plural form) to refer to the pasta itself as an ingredient or a prepared dish. * The recipe calls for one pound of ziti. * Baked ziti is a popular Italian-American casserole.

Examples

Advanced Usage

• "Ziti" as a Dish Name: The word is commonly used as shorthand for the baked dish "baked ziti."
  • What's for dinner? — We're having ziti.

Variants and Related Words

• Penne: A similar tubular pasta, often with angled cuts and sometimes ridged (), typically smaller in diameter than ziti.
• Rigatoni: A larger, wider tubular pasta, often with ridges.
• Pasta: The general category to which ziti belongs.

Synonyms

• Tubular pasta
• Pasta tubes

Noun

1. medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces