antipasto
/ˌantɪˈpastəʊ
/noun (plural antipasti /ˌantɪˈpasti/)
(In Italian cooking) an hors d’oeuvre.On Saturday evening there was a banquet with antipasti, sausage, pasta, prosciutto, cheese, salad, dessert, and lots of wine....
- Even before it served its first antipasto, this reservations-free Italian joint had perfected the fundamentals of the BYOB genre.
- We had cocktails in the Eagle first then wine and antipasti in a cosy Italian cucina near Sadlers.
Origin
Italian, from anti- 'before' + pasto (from Latin pastus 'food').
Rhymes
- better late than never
- betterment
- bettermost
- betterness
- better off
- better-paid
- better safe than sorry
- better than
- better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
- better-to-do
- Betterton, Thomas
- bet the farm
- betting
- betting office
- betting shop
- betting slip
- Betti, Ugo
- bettong
- bettor
- be tuned in
- between
- between a rock and a hard place
- between jobs
- between ourselves (or you and me)
- between the devil and the deep blue sea