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
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.
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Keyaira Boone, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2025
The biggest day of the year for football — and finger food — fanatics is almost finally here.
—Kelsey Fredricks, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025
What to Serve If your crew loves to bounce around and chit-chat, consider finger foods over a sit-down meal and make pigs in a blanket or little smokies as the main course.
—Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Dec. 2024
Light refreshments, including finger foods, will be available at no charge.
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
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Keyaira Boone, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2025
The biggest day of the year for football — and finger food — fanatics is almost finally here.
—Kelsey Fredricks, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025
What to Serve If your crew loves to bounce around and chit-chat, consider finger foods over a sit-down meal and make pigs in a blanket or little smokies as the main course.
—Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Dec. 2024
Light refreshments, including finger foods, will be available at no charge.
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finger food
Noun
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Some say this natural food may be the fix.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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Creating a Bird-Friendly Environment One of the best ways to attract a renter for your birdhouse is to create a bird-friendly environment with plenty of native plants that attract insects for natural food sources.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Centrally located in the GA section of Coachella both weekends, the activation will allow festival attendees to lounge while enjoying a meal.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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From practice to team travel to meals to his staff to recruiting, there is a plan.—
Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The hot tub in said stand isn’t open, sadly, but its ground floor is, for people to buy lager, ice cream, coffee, tacos, cocktails and, of course, Pimms.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Turquoise waters and swaying palms, gentle breezes and sunset cocktails—few places on Earth inspire tranquility quite like the Caribbean. From Aruba to Antigua, Belize to the Bahamas, the region has an irresistible charm that has drawn tourists and escape-seekers for decades.—
Kathleen Peddicord,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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An ounce of salmon jerky packs 14 grams of protein, while the same serving of beef jerky contains 10 grams.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
8 Apr. 2025
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Be mindful that a serving of avocado is about one-third of a medium avocado or 50 grams.—
Ann Pietrangelo,
Verywell Health,
7 Apr. 2025
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How long those plates can keep spinning is unclear, especially as tariffs start nudging up costs for American consumers.—
Anne Marie Drummond Lee,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Baty ended the day with an OPS of .259 in 27 plate appearances that included him looking at a borderline called third strike after committing his critical error in the field.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Finger food.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finger%20food. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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