| Main Entry: | appetizer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | snack before meal |
Synonyms: |
antipasto, aperitif, canapé, cocktail, dip, finger food, hors d'oeuvre, munchies, relish, sample, spread, taste, tidbit |
| Notes: | aperitif is a drink to stimulate the appetite and appetizer is food that does this before a meal |
Antonyms: |
meal |
| Main Entry: | hors d'oeuvre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appetizer |
Synonyms: |
antipasto, aperitif, canape, cocktail, dip, finger food, finger sandwich, munchies, sample, starter |
| Main Entry: | taste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny sample |
Synonyms: |
appetizer, bit, bite, canapé, chaw, dash, delicacy, drop, fragment, hint, hors d'oeuvre, morsel, mouthful, nip, sampling, sip, soupçon, spoonful, sprinkling, suggestion, swallow, tidbit, tincture, tinge, titbit, touch, trifle, whiff, wink |
Antonyms: |
lot |
| Main Entry: | hors d'oeuvre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appetizer |
Synonyms: |
antepast, antipasto, aperitif, canapé, crostato, crudités, finger food, finger sandwich, foretaste, nibbles, sample, snack, starter, tidbit, whet |
| Concept: | [Good taste.] Taste. |
| Category: | 2. Discriminative Affections |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
taste; good taste, refined taste, cultivated taste; delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto, tact, finesse; nicety (discrimination); ; polish, elegance, grace., virtu; delettanteism; fine art; culture, cultivation., [Science of taste] aesthetics., man of taste; connoisseur, judge, critic, conoscent, virtuoso, amateur, dilettant, Aristarchus, Corinthian, arbiter elegantiarum, stagirite, euphemist., "caviare to the general" [Hamlet].
-adjectives
in good taste, cute, tasteful, tasty; unaffected, pure, chaste, classical, attic; cultivated, refined; dainty; aesthetic, artistic; elegant; euphemistic., to one's taste, to one's mind; after one's fancy; comme il faut; tire a quatre epingles.
-adverbs
elegantly
-phrases
nihil tetigit quod non ornavit [from Johnson's epitaph on Goldsmith]; chacun a son gout; oculi pictura tenentur aures cantibus [Cicero].
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Antonyms: |
vulgarity |
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