1. very thin pasta in long strands, thinner than spaghetti
2. thin rice noodles used in Asian cooking

Examples

• She cooked vermicelli with garlic and olive oil for dinner.
• The recipe calls for one pound of vermicelli pasta.
• Vietnamese pho often contains rice vermicelli noodles.
• He twirled the vermicelli around his fork expertly.
• The soup was served over a bed of vermicelli.
• Rice vermicelli is popular in many Southeast Asian dishes.