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antipasti

an·ti·pas·to
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [an-ti-pah-stoh, -pas-toh; Italian ahn-tee-pahs-taw]
    • /ˌæn tɪˈpɑ stoʊ, -ˈpæs toʊ; Italian ˌɑn tiˈpɑs tɔ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [an-ti-pah-stoh, -pas-toh; Italian ahn-tee-pahs-taw]
    • /ˌæn tɪˈpɑ stoʊ, -ˈpæs toʊ; Italian ˌɑn tiˈpɑs tɔ/

Definitions of antipasti word

  • noun plural antipasti a course of appetizers consisting of an assortment of foods, as olives, anchovies, sliced sausage, peppers, and artichoke hearts. 1
  • noun antipasti Plural form of antipasto. 1
  • noun antipasti plural of antipasto. 0

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Origin of antipasti

First appearance:

before 1580
One of the 35% oldest English words
1580-90; < Italian, equivalent to anti- (< Latin ante- ante-) + pasto food < Latin pāstus pasturage, feeding ground, orig. the act of feeding, equivalent to pās- stem of pāscere to feed + -tus suffix of v. action

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Parts of speech for Antipasti

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

antipasti popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for antipasti

noun antipasti

  • cocktail — A cocktail is an alcoholic drink which contains several ingredients.
  • tidbit — a delicate bit or morsel of food.
  • taste — to try or test the flavor or quality of (something) by taking some into the mouth: to taste food.
  • sample — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
  • spread — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).

Antonyms for antipasti

noun antipasti

  • dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
  • hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
  • hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
  • meal — a coarse, unsifted powder ground from the edible seeds of any grain: wheat meal; cornmeal.
  • lot — lot (def 14).

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