From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmacaronimac‧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)
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macaroni• Macaroni and cheese has disappeared or been replaced by macaroni salad.• Add macaroni and cook until just tender, 8 to 10 minutes.• You know, five nights, five boxes of macaroni and cheese.• With surprise he watched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 sandwich rings my bell.-Walt Whitebread Mashed potatoes, chicken soup, macaroni and cheese.• One taster remarked that it reminded him of what macaroni and cheese must have tasted like before Kraft.• He remembers a culinary repertoire consisting of kippers alternating with macaroni in tomato sauce.macaroni cheese• It was macaroni cheese and mashed potatoes.Origin macaroni (1500-1600) Italian maccheroni, from Italian dialect maccarone, probably from Greek makaria “food made from barley” 