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- [ap-i-tahy-zer]
- /ˈæp ɪˌtaɪ zər/
- /ˈæp.ɪ.taɪ.zər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ap-i-tahy-zer]
- /ˈæp ɪˌtaɪ zər/
Definitions of appetizer word
- countable noun appetizer An appetizer is the first course of a meal. It consists of a small amount of food. 3
- noun appetizer a small amount of food or drink taken to stimulate the appetite 3
- noun appetizer any stimulating foretaste 3
- noun appetizer a small portion of a tasty food or a drink to stimulate the appetite at the beginning of a meal 3
- noun appetizer a bit of something that excites a desire for more 3
- noun appetizer An appetizer is the first course of a meal. It consists of a small amount of food. 3
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Origin of appetizer
First appearance:
before 1860 One of the 29% newest English words
First recorded in 1860-65; appetiz(ing) + -er1
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Parts of speech for Appetizer
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
appetizer popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
appetizer usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for appetizer
noun appetizer
- 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 appetizer
noun appetizer
- 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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