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noodle [noun] (FOOD)

a food in the form of long, thin strips made from flour or rice, water, and often egg, cooked in boiling liquid

US /ˈnuː.dəl/ 
UK /ˈnuː.dəl/ 
Example: 

egg/rice 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

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

informal for noddle

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

noodle

2noodle verb noodles; noo·dled; noo·dling [no obj] US informal
1 : to play a musical instrument in an informal way without playing a particular piece of music
• He was just noodling around on the guitar.
2 : to think about something in a way that is not very serious
• It's a thought I've been noodling around with for some time.

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