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hors d'oeuvre

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hors d'oeuvre  (ôr dûrv)
n. pl. hors d'oeuvres (ôr dûrvz) or hors d'oeuvre
An appetizer served before a meal.

[French hors d'uvre : hors, outside + de, of + uvre, (the main) work.]

hors d'oeuvre [ɔː ˈdɜːvr (French) ɔr dœvrə]
n pl hors d'oeuvre, hors d'oeuvres [ˈdɜːvr (French) dœvrə]
(Cookery) an additional dish served as an appetizer, usually before the main meal
[from French, literally: outside the work, not part of the main course]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hors d'oeuvrehors d'oeuvre - a dish served as an appetizer before the main meal
appetiser, appetizer, starter - food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course)
stuffed mushroom - mushrooms stuffed with any of numerous mixtures of e.g. meats or nuts or seafood or spinach
rollmops - a pickled herring filet that has been rolled or wrapped around a pickle
pigs in blankets - small frankfurters wrapped in biscuit dough and baked
Translations
hors d'oeuvre
n hors d'oeuvre [oːˈdəːvr, (American ) o:rˈdə:rv]
food eg olives, sardines etc served before or at the beginning of a meal in order to increase the appetite. hors d' oevre, voorgereg مَشَهِّيات، مُقَبِّلات ордьовър předkrm hors d'oeuvre die Vorspeise ορεκτικό entremés eelroog خوراک قبل از غذا که برای کاهش دادن اشتها خورده می شود alkupala hors-d'oeuvre מַתאֵבַּנִים भूख बढ़ाने के लिए खाने से पहले ली जाने वाली चीजें előétel, vegyes ízelítő perangsang selera forréttur, smáréttur antipasto 前菜 오르 되브르, 전채(前菜) užkandis uzkožamie pembuka selera hors d'oeuvre, voorgerecht kanapé, småsnacks przystawka acepipes ape­ritiv закуска predjedlo predjed apetizeri hors doeuvre, förrätt อาหารเรียกน้ำย่อย ordövr 前菜 закуска کھانے کے پہلے پیش کی جانے والی اشتہا انگیز شے món khai vị


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For hors d'oeuvres what do you say to oeufs de pluvier?
There was a tradition in the club that the hors d'oeuvres should be various and manifold to the point of madness.
I forgot," the latter replied, with no sign of regret, and without even apologising to me he went off to order the hors d'oeuvre.
 
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