angel hair

noun

A type of pasta, thinner than spaghetti or vermicelli.

Similar
capelli d'angelocapellini
OriginItalian capelli d'angelo →
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Meanings

nounangel hair (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA type of pasta, thinner than spaghetti or vermicelli.

    Synonyms: capelli d'angelo, capellini

  2. uncountableA traditional Portuguese sweet food, fios de ovos.
  3. uncountablehuman sciencesA sticky, fibrous substance reported in connection with UFO sightings and other paranormal manifestations.

    Angel hair consists of thin, cotton-like fibers that are found at the scene of UFO sightings. The strands look like spider webs (which many skeptics assert is precisely what they are) and have been found on houses, on the ground, in trees, and hanging off electrical wires following a UFO sighting.

    2019, Stephen Spignesi, William J. Birnes, The Big Book of UFO Facts, Figures & Truth, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
  4. uncountablebiologyA parasitic plant of the genus Cuscuta, dodder.
  5. uncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see angel, hair.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA type of pasta, thinner than spaghetti or vermicelli.

Similar
capelli d'angelocapellini
Also see
capelli d'angelocapellinidodderfios de ovos

Origin

  1. Italiancapelli d'angelo
  2. Englishangel hair

Sense 1 is a semantic loan from Italian capelli d'angelo.

More words from Italian

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Translations

Catalan cabell d'àngel
  • cabell d'àngelvery thin type of pasta
French capelli d'angelo, cheveux d'ange
  • capelli d'angelovery thin type of pasta
  • cheveux d'angevery thin type of pasta
  • capellinivery thin type of pasta
German Capelli d'angelo, Engelshaarpasta
  • Capelli d'angelovery thin type of pasta
  • Engelshaarpastavery thin type of pasta
  • Capellinivery thin type of pasta
Italian capelli d'angelo, capellini
  • capelli d'angelovery thin type of pasta
  • capellinivery thin type of pasta
Japanese カペッリ・ダンジェロ, カペッリーニ
  • カペッリ・ダンジェロ (kaperri danjero)very thin type of pasta
  • カペッリーニ (kaperrīni)very thin type of pasta
Korean 카펠리 단젤로, 천사의 머리카락
  • 카펠리 단젤로 (kapelli danjello)very thin type of pasta
  • 천사의 머리카락 (cheonsaui meorikarak)very thin type of pasta
  • 카펠리니 (kapellini)very thin type of pasta
Persian کاپلی دانجلو, کاپلینی
  • کاپلی دانجلو (kâpeli dânjelo)very thin type of pasta
  • کاپلینی (kâpelini)very thin type of pasta
Russian капе́лли д’а́нджело, капелли́ни
  • капе́лли д’а́нджело (kapélli d’ándželo)very thin type of pasta
  • капелли́ни (kapellíni)very thin type of pasta
Spanish cabello de ángel
  • cabello de ángelvery thin type of pasta
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