noodle
Long flexible pasta
Noodle has two main clusters of meaning.
The first is a strip or tube of pasta, typically made from wheat flour and eggs, boiled and served in soups or with sauce: chicken noodle soup, rice noodles.
The second is informal for head or brain: Use your noodle.
To noodle is to improvise casually, especially on a musical instrument: He noodled on the guitar for a while.
To noodle over something is to think about it in an unhurried way.
Long thin cylindrical pasta
- macaroniShort curved pasta
- penneTubular pasta, angled cuts
- fusilliCorkscrew-shaped pasta
- linguineFlat, narrow pasta strands
rigatoni · farfalle · rotini · ziti · cannelloni · ravioli · tortellini · lasagna
Japanese noodle soup
- udonThick Japanese wheat noodle
- sobaBuckwheat noodle from Japan
- phoInformal fake spelling
- chow meinStir-fried noodle dish
lo mein · pad thai · yakisoba · japchae · shirataki · cellophane · mie goreng · pancit
Consume with audible suction
firm · silky · slippery · tangled · limp · sticky · bouncy · toothsome
Cooked liquid dish
- brothClear simmered meat liquid
- homestyleSimply prepared, like family cooking
- warmthHeat you feel
- heartyWarm and substantial
satisfying · cozy · nourishing · wholesome · homecooked · soothing · steaming · bowl
Seat of cognition
- headUppermost body part
- nogginInformal word for cranium
- thinkProcess with the mind
- brainstormSpontaneous idea generation
ponder · daydream · idea · thought · mindless · silly · goof · fool around
Improvisational American music genre
- jamCooked fruit spread
- riffRepeated musical phrase
- freestyleWithout prescribed technique
- tinkerMender of metal household wares
ad-lib · meander · doodle · experiment · play around · unscripted · spontaneous · impromptu
spaghetti
Long thin cylindrical pasta
linguine · rigatoni · farfalle · rotini · ziti · cannelloni · ravioli · tortellini · lasagna · gnocchi
ramen
Japanese noodle soup
chow mein · lo mein · pad thai · yakisoba · japchae · shirataki · cellophane · mie goreng · pancit · scallion oil
slurp
Consume with audible suction
mushy · firm · silky · slippery · tangled · limp · sticky · bouncy · toothsome · tender
soup
Cooked liquid dish
hearty · satisfying · cozy · nourishing · wholesome · homecooked · soothing · steaming · bowl · slurping
brain
Seat of cognition
brainstorm · ponder · daydream · idea · thought · mindless · silly · goof · fool around · doodle
jazz
Improvisational American music genre
tinker · ad-lib · meander · doodle · experiment · play around · unscripted · spontaneous · impromptu · extemporize
- carbsflour, pasta, rice, bread, oatmeal
- Double Lettersbookkeeper, Mississippi, Tennessee, Massachusetts, balloon
- starchescorn starch, potato starch, tapioca, arrowroot, sago
- long and thineel, earthworm, snake, worm, centipede
- long shapestube, cylinder, rod, stick, pole
- idiotsidiot, moron, imbecile, fool, fools
- chicken noodle soupPoultry-and-pasta broth dish
- instant noodlesFast-cooking dried pasta
- noodle soupPasta served in broth
- egg noodlesYolk-enriched pasta strips
- pool noodleHollow foam swim aid
- ramen noodlesInstant Japanese noodle soup