as in natural food
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a piece of food that is meant to be picked up with the fingers and eaten
Waiters offered the guests finger food during the cocktail hour.
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Recent Examples of finger food
With this in mind, Garten created a menu that features her more glamorous finger food recipes.
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Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Feb. 2025
Instead of serving up a five-course meal, make a spread of apps and finger foods for guests to munch on while painting.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Feb. 2025
While Super Bowl Sunday isn't an official holiday, people all over the country celebrate the football match with sprawling tables of appetizers, finger foods, and beverages.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2025
Moonlight offers a creative menu of mixed drinks such as the Moonshadow (featuring bourbon, rum, coffee, and a splash of bitters) and the Dreamweaver (whiskey, vermouth, coffee liqueur, and grapefruit bitters) as well as luxury finger foods such as caviar bumps and steak tartare rolls.
—Keyaira Boone, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2025
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Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Feb. 2025
Instead of serving up a five-course meal, make a spread of apps and finger foods for guests to munch on while painting.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Feb. 2025
While Super Bowl Sunday isn't an official holiday, people all over the country celebrate the football match with sprawling tables of appetizers, finger foods, and beverages.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2025
Moonlight offers a creative menu of mixed drinks such as the Moonshadow (featuring bourbon, rum, coffee, and a splash of bitters) and the Dreamweaver (whiskey, vermouth, coffee liqueur, and grapefruit bitters) as well as luxury finger foods such as caviar bumps and steak tartare rolls.
—Keyaira Boone, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finger food
Noun
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The nearly 23,000-square-foot building, at 405 S. Chambers Rd, will open its doors to customers at 7 a.m. April 18, offering a range of fresh produce and organic and natural foods.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
The Denver Post,
24 Feb. 2025
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Bears will often ignore seasonally available natural foods, like acorns, and nuts, in favor of an easy meal at a backyard bird feeder.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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Additionally, McDonald's $5 Meal Deal offers a variety of classic meals.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Despite this conversation and previous meals together, the Redditor didn’t have anything to eat at the meal.—
Sabrina Weiss,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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The antivenom cocktail, described in a study published this month in the journal Cell, is still not ready for human testing.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 May 2025
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The cruise route is flexible (but dependent on water conditions), and expect perks like a welcome cocktail, high-quality sound system, and a floating mat for on-the-water fun.—
Angela Caraway-Carlton,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2025
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For example, a 2-ounce serving of turkey contains about 440 mg (18% DV) of sodium, while a 2-ounce serving of salami has 590 mg (25% DV) of sodium.4 3.—
Ann Pietrangelo,
Verywell Health,
30 Apr. 2025
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Not sated by this already-hefty serving of intrigue, the game itself delivered an early red card, a disallowed stoppage-time goal, rogue sprinklers, and quite possibly the definitive Mourinho ‘park the bus’ masterclass.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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In 68 plate appearances, Shaw produced a .172 batting average and a .535 OPS.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Senior shortstop Addison Wolf was at second base when Higgins — who also scored twice — stepped up for her first plate appearance.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2025
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“Finger food.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finger%20food. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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