From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Food, dishmacaronimac‧a‧ro‧ni /ˌmækəˈrəʊni $ -ˈroʊ-/ noun [uncountable]DFFa type of pasta in the shape of small tubesmacaroni cheese British English /macaroni and cheese American English (=macaroni cooked with a cheese sauce)Examples from the Corpusmacaroni• Macaroni and cheese has disappeared or been replaced by macaroni salad.• Add macaroni and cook until just tender, 8 to 10 minutes.• You know, five nights, five boxes of macaroni and cheese.• With surprise he watched him consume a lot of macaroni.• Here are recipes for some of the updated versions of macaroni and cheese.• But only the sandwichrings my bell.-Walt Whitebread Mashedpotatoes, chickensoup, macaroni and cheese.• One tasterremarked that it reminded him of what macaroni and cheese must have tasted like before Kraft.• He remembers a culinaryrepertoire consisting of kippersalternating with macaroni in tomatosauce.macaroni cheese• It was macaroni cheese and mashed potatoes.Originmacaroni(1500-1600)Italianmaccheroni, from Italian dialectmaccarone, probably from Greekmakaria“food made from barley”
