appetizer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small dish served before the main part of a meal

   We shared a plate of dumplings as an appetizer.

2. 2
   noun

   something that increases interest in what will come next

   The teaser trailer was an appetizer for the full documentary.

From appetize + -er, based on appetite: something that awakens desire for food, or by extension for what follows.

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