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# macaroni

noun (macaroni — uncountable; old: a macaroni, macaronies)

«macaroni» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A kind of pasta in short, curved tubes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/macaroni/#m1)
2. (history, 18th century) A young man who wore very fancy, showy clothes and a big wig, copying the fashions of Europe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/macaroni/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday cooking: macaroni cheese (UK) or mac and cheese (US). In history and music lessons: the old song «Yankee Doodle» says he «stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni» — meaning he thought a feather made him a fine, fashionable gentleman; British soldiers sang it to mock the Americans.

### Examples

- We had macaroni cheese for dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/macaroni/#x1)
- Macaroni is made from wheat flour and water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/macaroni/#x2)
- Boil the macaroni for ten minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/macaroni/#x3)
- Yankee Doodle «stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/macaroni/#x4)
- In the 1770s a macaroni wore a huge wig. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/macaroni/#x5)
- We made a necklace by threading dry macaroni. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/macaroni/#x6)
- He tried the straw, but, as he chewed away at it, he noticed to his great disappointment that it tasted neither like rice nor like macaroni. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/macaroni/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable as food: «some macaroni», not «a macaroni». Ends in -i, from Italian «maccheroni».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «macaroni» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/macaroni/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«macaroni» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/macaroni.html) on Mova free.