canapé

noun
/ˈkænəpeɪ/

Etymology

Borrowed from French canapé. Doublet of canopy and conopeum.

  1. borrowed from canapé

Definitions

  1. An hors d’oeuvre, a bite-sized open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped…

    An hors d’oeuvre, a bite-sized open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped with savory garnish.

  2. A piece of furniture similar to a couch or settee, an elegant sofa.

    • Oliver was sitting on the edge of the canapé, swinging one leg over the other; and he stopped abruptly and stared, and then sank back, laughing softly to himself.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for canapé. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA