This week’s theme
Blend words

This week’s words
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zoodle

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(ZOO-duhl)

MEANING:

noun: A thin strip of a vegetable, typically zucchini, prepared like pasta.

ETYMOLOGY:

A blend of zucchini + noodle. Earliest documented use: 1991.

NOTES:

Zucchini is in the etymology, but etymology is not destiny. These days zoodle often means any vegetable noodle, even when no zucchini is involved. If that bothers you, feel free to say swoodles (sweet potato), coodles (cucumber), or broodles (broccoli). Just don’t let the terminology spiral out of control, or you might end up with an impasta on your plate.

USAGE:

“[Chef Lisa Brisch] was spiralizing zucchini for a tomato pesto zoodle dish that was out of this world!”
Jan D’Atri; Make Tomato Pesto Pasta With Zoodles or Noodles; Arizona Republic (Phoenix); Jul 13, 2019.

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