hors d'oeuvre

hors d'oeuvre
noun
a dish served as an appetizer before the main meal
• Hypernyms: ↑appetizer, ↑appetiser, ↑starter
• Hyponyms: ↑stuffed mushroom, ↑rollmops, ↑pigs in blankets

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\\ȯrˈdərv, ȯ(ə)ˈdərv; ȯ(ə)ˈdə̄v; sometimes ȯrˈdev\ noun (plural hors d'oeuvres also hors d'oeuvre \\-v(z)\)
Etymology: French hors-d'œuvre something nonessential, side dish, hors d'oeuvre, from the phrase hors d'œuvre, nonessential, literally, outside of work
: any of various savory foods (as olives, anchovies, or spiced crab apples) usually served as appetizers at the beginning of a meal — usually used in plural; compare canapé 1

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/awr derrv"/; Fr. /awrdd due"vrddeu/, pl. hors d'oeuvre, hors d'oeuvres /awr derrvz"/; Fr. /awrdd due"vrddeu/.
1. a small bit of appetizing food, as spicy meat, fish, cheese, or a preparation of chopped or creamed foods, often served on crackers or small pieces of toast, for eating at cocktail parties or other gatherings where drinks are served with no other food.
2. an appetizer, as a relish or more elaborate preparation, served before or as the first course of a meal.
[1705-15; < F: outside of the main course]

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hors d’oeuvre UK [ˌɔː(r) ˈdɜː(r)v] US [ˌɔr ˈdɜrv] noun [countable] [singular hors d’oeuvre plural hors d’oeuvre]
a food served in small amounts before the main course of a meal
Thesaurus: parts of mealsmeronym types of mealhyponym

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[ôr 'dərv; 'dœvrə]
n. (pl. same or hors d'oeuvres pronunc. same or ['dərvz]) a small savory dish, typically one served as an appetizer at the beginning of a meal
Origin:
mid 18th cent.: French, literally ‘outside the work’

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/oɚˈdɚv/ noun, pl hors d'oeuvres [count]
: a food served in small portions before the main part of a meal

a tray of assorted hors d'oeuvres

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hors d'oeuvre [hors d'oeuvre hors d'oeuvres] [ˌɔː ˈdɜːv] [ˌɔːr ˈdɜːrv] noun countable, uncountable (pl. hors d'oeuvres [ˌɔː ˈdɜːv] ; [ˌɔːr ˈdɜːrv] )(from French)
a small amount of food, usually cold, served before the main part of a meal
Word Origin:
French, literally outside the work.

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