Meaning & use
appetizer
A small dish of food served before the main course of a meal.
See it in a sentence
We ordered shrimp cocktail as an appetizer while we waited for our entrees.
The restaurant's appetizer menu included soup, salad, and a sampler of fried snacks.
A note on using this word
American English uses 'appetizer'; British English typically calls the same course a 'starter.'
Words with a similar meaning
starterhors d'oeuvre
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