antipasto

noun

Definition of antipastonext
as in appetizer

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Recent Examples of antipasto Attendees will learn about the pizza’s history and enjoy a menu featuring an antipasto and wine pairing to go with the hot out-of-the-oven pie. — Charlie Vargas, Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025 Bring your appetite and go big, with antipasto, pasta, main course, and dessert at a homey trat like Da Enzo da 29. — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2024 Most locals start with the mixed antipasto, an array of raw and cooked seafood, before having the Assassina. — Laura May Todd Enea Arienti, New York Times, 17 May 2024 Unusually for this meaty part of Italy, seafood is the star, as in a wonderful antipasto of baby squid, watermelon, intensely flavorful tomato confit, and tangy passion-fruit seeds; dinner for two from $140. — Lee Marshall, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2022 See All Example Sentences for antipasto
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  1. appetizer
  2. cocktail
  3. starter
  4. amuse-bouche
Noun
  • The one bowl is more than enough for two hoping to have it as an appetizer.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The yellowtail crudo, made with pickled vegetables, has been a popular appetizer.
    — Sonia Garza, Houston Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of appetizer
Noun
  • Bottle tops popped, can tabs cracked, and cocktail shakers shook all day Thursday at the Aftershock music festival at Sacramento’s Discovery Park.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Guests lingered over cocktails, lauding Ghesquière’s formidable creative prowess, personal warmth and loyalty.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of cocktail
Noun
  • Guests can choose from four- or seven-course tasting menus, or simply go à la carte—the starter of tuna, beetroot, and yuzu, followed by the handmade macaroni with Eritrea beef, are downright exceptional.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Willis also entered Sunday ranked 29th in completion percentage at 57%, ahead of only one starter who hasn’t missed time due to injury (Love).
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of starter
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  • Much of the menu, which is influenced by Italian and French techniques, lets farm-fresh produce shine, but Guzman also ferments her fair share of things, whether with koji or in the form of the house pickles offered as an amuse-bouche.
    — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2026
  • This display of light bondage proved merely an amuse-bouche to the erotic banquet that Fennell had prepared.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of amuse-bouche

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