vermicelli
pronunciation
How to pronounce vermicelli in British English:
UK [ˌvɜ:mɪˈtʃeli]
How to pronounce vermicelli in American English:
US [ˌvɜrmɪˈtʃeli]
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- Noun:
- pasta in strings thinner than spaghetti
Word Origin
- vermicelli (n.)
- kind of pasta, 1660s, literally "little worms," from Italian vermicelli, plural of vermicello, diminutive of verme, accusative singular of Latin vermis "worm" (see worm (n.)). So called for resemblance.
Example
- 1. Edible peanut oil , soybean oil , vermicelli .
- 2. I won 't join unless I was promised to have stewed pork and vermicelli .
- 3. Disgusting , that person eat all of all vermicelli made from bean starch that go down to spit answered arenaceous boiler in .
- 4. There was beef , shrimp , cod fish rolls , lotus and other vegetables , and transparent vermicelli noodles . More unusual specialities included pig kidneys , brains , eyeballs , duck bowels and cow stomach .
- 5. International market longkou bean vermicelli praised as also " chinese glass fiber " of , " chinese dragon must " , " chinese spring rain " , etc. laudatory title .