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UK
/ɐpˌɛɹətˈiːf/
]
[ US /əˌpɛɹəˈtif/ ]
[ US /əˌpɛɹəˈtif/ ]
NOUN
- alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer
How To Use aperitif In A Sentence
- No, thanks. We'll skip aperitif.
- Sekt in Gemany and Austria is largely made from Riesling, yielding fruit-driven and light wines that are terrific aperitifs.
- Excellent as an aperitif. Grilled fish, shellfish and goat cheese.
- Local red Tolosa beans appear in what Elena Arzak, Mr. Arzak's daughter and the restaurant's co-head chef, calls an "aperitif," an otherworldly broth served in a shot glass. Members Only (Most of the Time)
- This lovely signorina was kind enough to accompany a lonely old man for an aperitif, Lucci went on. Hollywood Savage
- When not in use for bullfights also, the Plaza is a pleasant square with pavement cafes where many people enjoy the locally produced drink - aniseed aperitif.
- There was a strong smell of aniseed in the air - pastis was the apéritif de rigueur. MOONDROP TO MURDER
- Sipping an unhurried aperitif, the menu not only makes your mouth water, it brings tears of joy to the eyes.
- What a pleasant little apéritif to his evening's entertainment. KARA KUSH
- And various experiments have shown that drinking an aperitif increases both the time spent eating and the number of calories consumed at a sitting.