hors d'oeuvre

hors d'oeuvre  (ôr dûrv)

n. pl. hors d'oeuvres (ôr dûrvz) or hors d'oeuvre

An appetizer served before a meal.

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

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hors d'oeuvre [or durv, or durv]

Noun

pl hors d'oeuvre or hors d'oeuvres an appetizer, usually served before the main meal [French]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hors 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 [ɔːˈdəːvrə] n → Hors d'oeuvre nt, Vorspeise f