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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for antipasto
  1. appetizer
  2. cocktail
  3. starter
  4. amuse-bouche
Noun
  • Family-sized salads and appetizers ($19-22) are also available.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 24 Aug. 2026
  • This iconic appetizer is synonymous with game day in the South.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of appetizer
Noun
  • That obviously makes Labor Day a particularly good excuse to mix a cocktail that squeezes a little more out of summer.
    — Emily Price, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • In April, a man threw a Molotov cocktail at the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of cocktail
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  • Angels starter Grayson Rodriguez (4-6) gave up four runs and seven hits in six innings, striking out seven and walking two.
    — Mike DiGiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • With two outs, starter Anthony Kay’s second pitch to Cam Smith was called a ball.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of starter
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  • 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
  • Across the pond, at the Renaissance Club in North Berwick, The Genesis Scottish Open, a co-sanctioned PGA Tour and DP World Tour event that serves as the amuse-bouche to next week’s Open Championship is brewing plenty of drama.
    — Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of amuse-bouche

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