Definitions for tortellini

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tortellini tor·tel·li·ni

Spelling: [tawr-tl-ee-nee; Italian tawr-tel-lee-nee]

IPA: /ˌtɔr tlˈi ni; Italian ˌtɔr tɛlˈli ni/

Tortellini is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 342 anagrams from letters in tortellini (eiillnortt).

Definitions for tortellini

plural noun

1. small rounds of pasta, filled, as with a meat or cheese stuffing, and then shaped into rings and boiled: often served in broth or with a sauce.

Origin of tortellini

1905-10; Italian, plural of tortellino, diminutive of tortello stuffed pastry, diminutive (with gender change) of torta cake; see torte

Examples for tortellini

The food is Italian—risotto, tortellini, salad—in a nod to a mystifying (to me) sequence in the film.

The city and its environs are where lasagna, tortellini, and Bolognese sauce—not to mention bologna—originated.