English Explanatory Dictionary

angel hair

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of pasta, thinner than spaghetti or vermicelli.
  2. A traditional Portuguese sweet food, fios de ovos.
  3. A sticky, fibrous substance reported in connection with UFO sightings and other paranormal manifestations.
  4. A parasitic plant of the genus Cuscuta, dodder.
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see angel, hair.

Word forms

angel hair

Etymology

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

Synonyms

capelli d'angelo capellini
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