as in taste
a food served in small portions before the main part of a meal
a tray of assorted hors d'oeuvres
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Recent Examples of hors d'oeuvre
Pair It With: Fancy hors d'oeuvres or a charcuterie board for an elevated happy hour.
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Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
During cocktail hour, guests enjoyed an assortment of hors d'oeuvres, including beef Wellington, chipotle chicken flatbread, arancini and bruschetta.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Includes endless hors d'oeuvres, desserts, live music in the barn, Champagne toast.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
The $300 ticket includes an open bar from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., hors d'oeuvres and live entertainment.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
During cocktail hour, guests enjoyed an assortment of hors d'oeuvres, including beef Wellington, chipotle chicken flatbread, arancini and bruschetta.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Includes endless hors d'oeuvres, desserts, live music in the barn, Champagne toast.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
The $300 ticket includes an open bar from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., hors d'oeuvres and live entertainment.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hors d'oeuvre
Noun
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Case in point are the house’s artworks, many of which are by Italian artists and reflect an aristocratic taste for the Grand Tour, a tradition in which elite young men traveled through Europe between the 17th and 19th centuries.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
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Locate the canvas size and adjust it according to your taste. 5.—
Josh Dury,
Space.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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But the balanced blueprint takes a big bite out of the county’s infrastructure investment, slicing the capital projects budget by roughly two-thirds, or $90 million.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2025
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Soon thereafter, starving, Cage yanks the dead rat from the ground and holds it to his teeth, about to take a bite.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
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Tilton still keeps in touch with many of her Dallas costars.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
3 May 2025
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The wig features a consistently shoulder-length cut, and its curly texture adds a charming touch.—
Noel Cymone Walker,
StyleCaster,
2 May 2025
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Scientists marked the spot and crossed their fingers that dormant seeds still lay in the soil.—
Katarina Zimmer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 May 2025
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The final season, in its first four days on Netflix, amassed 10.1 million views and claimed the top spot on the English TV list, according to Netflix.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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According to a Gartner report, companies today are using just 33% of their martech stack capabilities—a startling drop from 58% a few years ago.—
Richard Jones,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Type: Sneaker | Heel drop: 8mm | Shoe weight: 8.8 oz.—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
1 May 2025
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Holloway, a former UFC featherweight champ, saw his three-fight winning streak end in his most recent scrap, a third-round knockout loss to UFC lightweight champ Ilia Topuria at UFC 308 in October 2024.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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The weapons were loaded onto a conveyor belt and fed to a gun chipper to be turned into scrap metal and recycled.—
Christina Shaw,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The pack of marine mammals eventually surfaced with mouthfuls of food.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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Okay, that's quite an overflowing mouthful of potential pie-in-the-sky promise to chew on all at once.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Feb. 2025
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Highlights include Spanish guitar performances, tequila cocktails and a light Mexican appetizer, aboard the San Salvador, a replica of explorer Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo’s vessel, which reached America’s West Coast in 1542.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Apr. 2025
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In the clip, the comedian hustles around set sampling caviar appetizers and joking that Lenny Kravitz and Mustard will have to forgo their leather pants for tuxedos.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Hors d'oeuvre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hors%20d%27oeuvre. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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