appetizer

[ ap-i-tahy-zer ]
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noun
  1. a small portion of a food or drink served before or at the beginning of a meal to stimulate the desire to eat.

  2. any small portion that stimulates a desire for more or that indicates more is to follow: The first game was an appetizer to a great football season.

Origin of appetizer

1
First recorded in 1860–65; appetiz(ing) + -er1

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British Dictionary definitions for appetizer

appetizer

appetiser

/ (ˈæpɪˌtaɪzə) /


noun
  1. a small amount of food or drink taken to stimulate the appetite

  2. any stimulating foretaste

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