as in natural food
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a piece of food that is meant to be picked up with the fingers and eaten
Waiters offered the guests finger food during the cocktail hour.
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Recent Examples of finger food
Baltimore is getting a new Japanese restaurant this Spring — Kannon, which will specialize in such familiar finger foods as sushi and sashimi.
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Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2025
Crunchy sesame rice crackers act as both your vessel and utensil, making this a great finger food with a contrast in both textures and flavors.
—Christina Liao, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024
What to Serve If your crew loves to bounce around and chit-chat, consider finger foods over a sit-down meal and make pigs in a blanket or little smokies as the main course.
—Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Dec. 2024
After all, what's a watch party without some high-quality finger foods?
—Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 28 Dec. 2024
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Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2025
Crunchy sesame rice crackers act as both your vessel and utensil, making this a great finger food with a contrast in both textures and flavors.
—Christina Liao, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024
What to Serve If your crew loves to bounce around and chit-chat, consider finger foods over a sit-down meal and make pigs in a blanket or little smokies as the main course.
—Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Dec. 2024
After all, what's a watch party without some high-quality finger foods?
—Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 28 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finger food
Noun
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One of her most moving posts was her recent follow-up with John Hopkins, longtime owner of Altadena’s O Happy Days vegan cafe and natural food store, who lost his home and store in the Eaton fire.—
Laurie Ochoa,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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It's been another strong year for new research into the health benefits of natural foods and extracts, some of which have been used in traditional medicine for centuries.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Picture an individual without permanent housing who can now use this AI service to arrange meal pick-ups at a car wash and find affordable medication.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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At least from a human-health point of view, that’s arguably the worst meal a mosquito could pick: Birds are some of the best hosts and multipliers of disease.—
Denise Hruby,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
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As with the group's other restaurants (like Fat Dragon, PBR and Wong's Tacos), the cocktails are fun and funky, and the weekday happy hour deals stellar.—
Karri Peifer,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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The cocktails will highlight rum culture, especially at the eye-catching bar, the centerpiece of the main dining room.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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This versatile set includes a half-sheet pan, an eighth-sheet pan (great for roasting or reheating one to two servings), a cooling rack, a loaf pan, a square cake pan, and a muffin/cupcake pan.—
Carrie Honaker,
Southern Living,
26 Feb. 2025
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While regular yogurt consumption of two servings per week or more wasn’t associated with lower colorectal cancer risk in general, it was linked with a 20% lower risk of the Bifidobacterium-positive type.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
26 Feb. 2025
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Instead, Triple-A Nashville manager Rick Sweet brought the Brewers’ lineup to the plate with a shrug.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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All of it snatched off the plates with torn pieces of that beautiful, crepe-like bread.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Finger food.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finger%20food. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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