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n. A narrow, ribbonlike strip of dough, usually made of flour, eggs, and water.
[German Nudel, perhaps alteration of Knödel, dumpling (from late Middle High German) or perhaps from Ladin (dialect of the Dolomite Alps) menùdli, small square soup noodle (from Latin minūtulus, very small, diminutive of minūtus, small; see MINUTE1).]