bowtie
adjEtymology From bow + tie.
1
Having the shape that the displayed part of a bowtie does when the latter is tied.
- The corkscrew pasta holds the cheese sauce better, but all I had in the cupboard was bowtie pasta.
bowtie
nounUK /bəʊˈtaɪ/ · CA, US /ˈboʊˌtaɪ/
Etymology From bow + tie.
1
A man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat.
2
US A kind of road intersection. See Bowtie (road).
- Derived terms
- bowtied, Sherman's bow tie