Home › Words › T › tonnarellitonnarellitonnarelli · noun — A form of egg pasta resembling spaghetti but with a square cross-section.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, tonnarelli ranks #26,104 of 42,898 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Italian tonnarelli.nounA form of egg pasta resembling spaghetti but with a square cross-sectione.g.“When you add the spaghetti or tonnarelli, she says, “test it as you cook, so it’s al dente; in Rome we don’t like pasta mushy.”” — 2015 September 11, Taras Grescoe, “When in Rome, Learn to Cook Italian”, in New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.tagliolini 68% match — A kind of egg pasta with a ribbon shape, like tagliatelle but thinner. vs tonnarelli →taglierini 67% match — A kind of egg pasta with a ribbon shape, like tagliatelle but thinner. vs tonnarelli →tagliatelle 67% match — Long, flat ribbons of egg pasta, originally from Emilia-Romagna, sliced from a rolled-out sheet. vs tonnarelli →spaghettoni 65% match — A form of thick spaghetti. vs tonnarelli →pennoni 64% match — A type of long, diagonally cut pasta. vs tonnarelli →tortelli 63% match — A kind of stuffed pasta. vs tonnarelli →casarecce 63% match — A type of pasta in the form of short, narrow, twisted tubes. vs tonnarelli →anelloni 63% match — A type of pasta similar to rigatoni but with ridges on the inside. vs tonnarelli →