Usually means: Small dishes served before meal.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word hors d'oeuvre:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. hors d'oeuvre: Merriam-Webster
  2. hors d'oeuvre: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hors d'oeuvre: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hors d'oeuvre, hors d'oeuvre: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hors d'oeuvre: Vocabulary.com
  6. hors d'oeuvre: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. hors-d'oeuvre, hors d'oeuvre: Wiktionary
  8. hors d'oeuvre: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. Hors d'oeuvre, hors d'oeuvre, hors doeuvre: Dictionary.com
  10. Hors d'oeuvre: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. hors d'oeuvre: Rhymezone
  12. hors doeuvre: FreeDictionary.org
  13. hors d'oeuvre: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. hors d'oeuvre, hors doeuvre: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Paris Cookbook (No longer online)
  2. Epicurus.com French Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Epicurus.com Food Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hors d'oeuvre: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (hors d'oeuvre)

noun:  (food) A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal.
noun:  (by extension) Anything of secondary concern; not the primary thing.
noun:  (dated, rare) Something unusual or extraordinary.


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