macaroni

noun
UK /ˌmæk.əˈrəʊ.ni/
US /ˌmæk.əˈroʊ.ni/

Macaroni is a small, tube-shaped pasta that kids often eat with cheese.

My little brother loves macaroni and cheese for lunch.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A fashionable young man in 18th-century England who dressed in an exaggerated, dandy style.

The macaroni of the 1770s wore huge wigs and tight breeches.

3. A type of penguin with a yellow crest on its head, also called a macaroni penguin.

We saw a macaroni penguin hopping along the rocky shore.

4. A mixture of pasta and cheese baked together, often called macaroni and cheese.

She made a big tray of macaroni for the family dinner.