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a small dish of food served before the main part of a meal
Shrimp with cocktail sauce were served as an appetizer.
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Recent Examples of appetizers
Double 10 Mini Hot Pot has an extensive menu featuring appetizers, soups, dumplings, buns, American-style Chinese food, noodles, fried rice, House Specials and bubble tea.
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Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
For a $35 ticket, there will be entertainment, appetizers provided by The Antidote throughout the night and midnight champagne.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
There are also options for surf-n-turf meals, Italian cuisine, appetizers, charcuterie boards, and quiches.
—Ronny Maye, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Includes live music, buffet dinner, appetizers, open bar, snack bar, Champagne toast and party favors.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
Includes appetizers, 8 drink tickets, 2 shot tickets, party favors, souvenir glass and Champagne toast.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
Includes live music, buffet dinner, appetizers, open well bar, snack bar, Champagne toast, party favors.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
The quicker, easier cousins of cheese straws, these appetizers are made like slice-and-bake cookies, but packed with the savory flavor of bacon and Cheddar cheese.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2024
The food across restaurants gives each guest multiple options from appetizers to desserts, ranging from kid favorites like chicken fingers to adult delights like lamb chops.
—Leslie D. Rose, Parents, 20 Dec. 2024
Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
For a $35 ticket, there will be entertainment, appetizers provided by The Antidote throughout the night and midnight champagne.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
There are also options for surf-n-turf meals, Italian cuisine, appetizers, charcuterie boards, and quiches.
—Ronny Maye, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Includes live music, buffet dinner, appetizers, open bar, snack bar, Champagne toast and party favors.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
Includes appetizers, 8 drink tickets, 2 shot tickets, party favors, souvenir glass and Champagne toast.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
Includes live music, buffet dinner, appetizers, open well bar, snack bar, Champagne toast, party favors.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
The quicker, easier cousins of cheese straws, these appetizers are made like slice-and-bake cookies, but packed with the savory flavor of bacon and Cheddar cheese.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2024
The food across restaurants gives each guest multiple options from appetizers to desserts, ranging from kid favorites like chicken fingers to adult delights like lamb chops.
—Leslie D. Rose, Parents, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Appetizers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appetizers. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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