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/ˈnuː.dəl/

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/ˈnuː.dəl/

Oxford Essential Dictionary

noodles

noun (plural)
long thin lines of food made from flour, eggs and water (called pasta), which are used especially in Chinese and Italian cooking:
Would you prefer rice or noodles?

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

noodle

noo‧dle /ˈnuːdl/ BrE AmE noun
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: German; Origin: nudel]
[usually plural] a long thin piece of food made from a mixture of flour, water, and eggs, usually cooked in soup or boiling water:
Serve the meat with rice or noodles.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

noodle

noo·dle [noodle noodles] [ˈnuːdl] [ˈnuːdl] noun
1. usually plural a long thin strip of pasta, used especially in Chinese and Italian cooking
• chicken noodle soup

• Would you prefer rice or noodles?

2. countable (old-fashioned, NAmE, slang) = noddle
Word Origin:

sense 1 late 18th cent.: from German Nudel, of unknown origin.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

noodle / nu.dl̩ / noun [ C usually plural ] (FOOD)

a food in the form of long, thin strips made from flour or rice, water, and often egg, cooked in boiling liquid:
egg/rice noodles
instant/crispy noodles
chicken noodle soup

noodle / nu.dl̩ / noun [ C ] US (HEAD)

informal for noddle

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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

noodle

[nu͟ːd(ə)l]
noodles
N-COUNT: usu pl
Noodles are long, thin, curly strips of pasta. They are used in Chinese and Italian cooking.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

¹noo·dle /ˈnuːdl̩/ noun, pl noo·dles [count] : a thin strip of dough that is made from flour, water, and eggs and that is cooked in boiling liquid
• Chinese/egg noodles
• chicken noodle soup [=soup made with chicken and noodles]

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