CRUDITES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crudites mean? 

• CRUDITES (noun)
  The noun CRUDITES has 1 sense:

1. raw vegetables cut into bite-sized strips and served with a dip

  Familiarity information: CRUDITES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRUDITES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Raw vegetables cut into bite-sized strips and served with a dip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("crudites" is a kind of...):

appetiser; appetizer; starter (food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course))

Meronyms (substance of "crudites"):

rabbit food; raw vegetable (an uncooked vegetable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crudites"):

celery stick (celery stalks cut into small sticks)

carrot stick (a stick of carrot eaten raw)