bowtie

Plural: bowties

Noun

• a man's tie that ties in a bow
• A man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat.
• A kind of road intersection. See Bowtie (road).

Adj

• Having the shape that the displayed part of a bowtie does when the latter is tied.

Examples

• The corkscrew pasta holds the cheese sauce better, but all I had in the cupboard was bowtie pasta.

Synonyms

bow tie, bow-tie