Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A piece of thin crisp toast.
- noun An hors d'oeuvre made with a crostino and any of various toppings.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I enjoyed the satisfyingly starchy combination of roasted beets and artichokes with the subtle watercress, spunked up by some bitter endive and a nice, salty taleggio crostino.
Michelle Won: My Trip to the Nutcracker and Dinner at Po, Which Ended Up Being Nutcracker Part 2 Michelle Won 2011
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I enjoyed the satisfyingly starchy combination of roasted beets and artichokes with the subtle watercress, spunked up by some bitter endive and a nice, salty taleggio crostino.
Michelle Won: My Trip to the Nutcracker and Dinner at Po, Which Ended Up Being Nutcracker Part 2 Michelle Won 2011
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I enjoyed the satisfyingly starchy combination of roasted beets and artichokes with the subtle watercress, spunked up by some bitter endive and a nice, salty taleggio crostino.
Michelle Won: My Trip to the Nutcracker and Dinner at Po, Which Ended Up Being Nutcracker Part 2 Michelle Won 2011
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I enjoyed the satisfyingly starchy combination of roasted beets and artichokes with the subtle watercress, spunked up by some bitter endive and a nice, salty taleggio crostino.
Michelle Won: My Trip to the Nutcracker and Dinner at Po, Which Ended Up Being Nutcracker Part 2 Michelle Won 2011
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The substantial, fleshy fish rest over preserved tomatoes and a fragrant, garlicy salsa verde -- soaking into the sizeable crostino until it dissolves in an olive oil-soaked puddle.
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A creamy blue crab crostino ($9) was full of sweet crab and enlivened by a bit of jalapeno, though if creamy is what you want, the slightly tangy sheep's milk ricotta with sea salt and herbs ($10) is the ciccheti for you.
Ed Levine: Tribeca's Newest Mod-Italian, A Restaurant For The Times 2009
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A modest white bowl holds an exemplary oyster pan roast: three plump, perfect oysters enrobed in cream and vermouth, accompanied by a funky uni crostino.
The New Yorker Shauna Lyon 2011
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An ample pile of toasted bread came alongside it, making for a kind of do-it-yourself crostino.
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Through Saturday Tomasso Trattoria in Southborough is hosting an Abruzzo earthquake relief fundraiser where you can get a plate of Abruzzi-inspired antipasto - spicy stewed tomatoes on a garlic crostino topped with Crystal Brook Farm goat cheese - for 8 bucks, and add a glass of wine for a total of 17 bucks.
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And I always look forward to the ever-changing seasonal menu of specials; a delicate nettle-spinach custard with mortadella-pâté crostino in spring is still on my mind.
JSOnline.com 2009
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