Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cracker or a small, thin piece of bread or toast spread with cheese, meat, or relish and served as an appetizer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A sofa or divan.
- noun (Cookery) an appetizer consisting of a thin slice or piece of bread toasted or fried in butter or oil, on which anchovies, mushrooms, caviar, cheese, or other savory foods, are served.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
hors d’oeuvre , a bite size slice open-facedsandwich made of thin bread or toast topped withsavory garnish . - noun A piece of furniture similar to a
couch orsettee , an elegantsofa .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, from canapé, couch, from Medieval Latin canāpēum, mosquito net; see canopy.]
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From French (see below).
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