Definitions

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  • noun A small dessert-like course served before the main dessert.

Etymologies

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pre- +‎ dessert

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Examples

  • A predessert palate-cleanser arrives on a stick -- a goat's milk, fennel and pineapple popsicle coated in white chocolate.

    What's Next: Haute Cuisine Craig Winneker 2010

  • A predessert palate-cleanser arrives on a stick -- a goat's milk, fennel and pineapple popsicle coated in white chocolate.

    What's Next: Haute Cuisine Craig Winneker 2010

  • After dinner things were less serene, the Enright sisters having volunteered for the predessert cleanup.

    Devlin’s Light Mariah Stewart 1997

  • That danger passed, or accepted, there's a predessert, a thickened shot of rhubarb and strawberry that comes off as an exceptionally fine smoothie.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • That danger passed, or accepted, there's a predessert, a thickened shot of rhubarb and strawberry that comes off as an exceptionally fine smoothie.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • That danger passed, or accepted, there's a predessert, a thickened shot of rhubarb and strawberry that comes off as an exceptionally fine smoothie.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • That danger passed, or accepted, there's a predessert, a thickened shot of rhubarb and strawberry that comes off as an exceptionally fine smoothie.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • That danger passed, or accepted, there's a predessert, a thickened shot of rhubarb and strawberry that comes off as an exceptionally fine smoothie.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • That danger passed, or accepted, there's a predessert, a thickened shot of rhubarb and strawberry that comes off as an exceptionally fine smoothie.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • That danger passed, or accepted, there's a predessert, a thickened shot of rhubarb and strawberry that comes off as an exceptionally fine smoothie.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

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