canapé
[ kan-uh-pee, -pey; French ka-na-pey ]
/ ˈkæn ə pi, -ˌpeɪ; French ka naˈpeɪ /
noun, plural can·a·pés [kan-uh-peez, -peyz; French ka-na-pey] /ˈkæn ə piz, -ˌpeɪz; French ka naˈpeɪ/.
a thin piece of bread or toast or a cracker spread or topped with cheese, caviar, anchovies, or other savory food.
Furniture. a sofa of 18th-century France, made in any of several forms, often with matching chairs.
Bridge. a style of bidding in which short suits are bid before long ones.
RELATED WORDS
touch, bite, bit, starter, cocktail, tincture, morsel, dash, chaw, trifle, sip, hint, mouthful, tidbit, whiff, fragment, delicacy, appetizer, sprinkling, nip
Nearby words
- canalize,
- canaller,
- canandaigua,
- canandaigua lake,
- cananea,
- canara,
- canard,
- canarese,
- canaries current,
- canary
Origin of canapé
1885–90; < French: literally, a covering or netting, orig. for a bed (see canopy), by extension for a piece of bread
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Examples from the Web for canape
An oxeye daisy, p. 31, may be placed in center of canape, in the wreath of parsley.
The Laurel Health Cookery|Evora Bucknum PerkinsIt consists of oysters, a canape, a fruit cocktail, grapefruit or something else of the same kind.
Book of Etiquette, Volume 2|Lillian Eichler WatsonShe and Peter were in the pantry, deep in the manufacture of a certain sort of canape.
Sisters|Kathleen Norris
canapé
/ (ˈkænəpɪ, -ˌpeɪ, French kanape) /
noun
a small piece of bread, toast, etc, spread with a savoury topping
(in French cabinetwork) a sofa
Word Origin for canapé
C19: from French: sofa
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