noun
- a small portion of a food or drink served before or at the beginning of a meal to stimulate the desire to eat.
- any small portion that stimulates a desire for more or that indicates more is to follow: The first game was an appetizer to a great football season.
noun
- a small amount of food or drink taken to stimulate the appetite
- any stimulating foretaste
“something taken to whet the appetite,” 1820, agent noun from appetize.