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Definition of Appetizer
1. Noun. Food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course).
Generic synonyms: Course
Specialized synonyms: Antipasto, Canape, Cocktail, Hors D'oeuvre, Crudites
Definition of Appetizer
1. n. Something which creates or whets an appetite.
Definition of Appetizer
1. Noun. (usually plural) A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Appetizer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Appetizer
Literary usage of Appetizer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Therapeutics, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy: Including the Special by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1909)
"... thrice daily as an appetizer. Sig.—Put in a pint of boiling water, ud when
cold strain; ... thrice <Uilt before meab as an appetizer. ..."
2. Food and Flavor: A Gastronomic Guide to Health and Good Living by Henry Theophilus Finck (1913)
"... a stand covered with various kinds of properly ripened fruit, the fragrance
of which serves as an appetizer preceding the hors d'ceuvre or the soup. ..."
3. Lessons in Cookery by Frances Elizabeth Stewart (1919)
"appetizer SALADS Luncheon for a hot day Combination salad Cheese toast or crackers,
or cottage-cheese sandwiches Lemon ice Sponge cake GELATIN-JELLY SALADS ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"2. Liking, relish, stomach, gusto, gust, zest 3. Hunger, stomach, desire of food.
appetizer, n. Zest, relish, sauce. ing to the appetite, inviting. ..."
5. Significance of Names by Leopold Wagner (1893)
"The names of the several drinks, appetizer, Digester, Settler, Stimulant, Reposer,
Big Reposer, and Rouser, explain themselves. A Straight Drink, or a Solid ..."
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