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| antipasto |
in Italian cookery, an appetizer course including smoked meats, olives, fresh and pickled vegetables, cheese, and other foods. |
| canapé |
a cracker or small piece of bread or toast spread with cheese, meat, or other appealing food and served as an appetizer. |
| cocktail1 |
an appetizer such as juice, mixed chopped fruit, or cold seafood with a sauce. [1/4 definitions] |
| crudités |
cut-up raw vegetables, usu. served with a dip, as an appetizer or party snack. |
| dim sum |
any of various Chinese dishes served in appetizer portions, esp. small dumplings filled with minced vegetables, meat, or seafood and steamed or fried, or a variety of such dishes served together. |
| fruit cocktail |
a mixture of diced fruit, sometimes in a light syrup, served as an appetizer or dessert. |
| savory1 |
a piquant or pungent dish served esp. in Britain as an appetizer or in place of a sweet dessert. [1/4 definitions] |
| steak tartare |
raw ground beef mixed with onion, seasonings, and raw egg and eaten uncooked, sometimes as an appetizer; tartar steak. |
| whet |
that which stimulates; appetizer. [1/5 definitions] |
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