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cru·di·tés

 (kro͞o′dĭ-tā′)
pl.n.
Cut raw vegetables, such as carrot sticks and pepper strips, served often with a dip as an appetizer.

[French, pl. of crudité, rawness, from Old French crudite, from Latin crūditās, indigestion, undigested food, from crūdus, raw; see crude.]
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crudités

(ˌkruːdɪˈteɪ)
pl n
(Cookery) a selection of raw vegetables, usually cut into strips or small chunks and served, with a dip, as an hors d'oeuvre
[C20: from French, plural of crudité, literally: rawness]
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cru•di•tés

(ˌkru dɪˈteɪ; Fr. krü diˈteɪ)

n.pl.
raw vegetables cut into pieces and served with a dip as an appetizer.
[1965–70; < French, pl. of crudité literally, rawness, crudity]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.crudites - raw vegetables cut into bite-sized strips and served with a dipcrudites - raw vegetables cut into bite-sized strips and served with a dip
appetiser, appetizer, starter - food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course)
rabbit food, raw vegetable - an uncooked vegetable
celery stick - celery stalks cut into small sticks
carrot stick - a stick of carrot eaten raw
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Translations

crudités

[ˈkruːdɪˈteɪ] NPLcrudités mpl
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crudités

[ˈkruːdɪteɪ] nplcrudités fpl
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This means reaching for foods such as the prawn platter, fresh strawberries, vegetable crudites, grilled chicken, and so on.
It could be as simple as adding berries to your morning porridge, a side of spinach to your cooked breakfast and snacking on fresh fruit and vegetable crudites between meals.
The posh picnic includes smoked salmon pate and oatcakes, chicken salad, lentil salad, hummus and crudites.
On a recent Friday morning, Jake Cohen could be found chopping rainbow carrots, watermelon radishes, orange cauliflower, and a pile of other heirloom vegetables to serve as crudites alongside bowls of sweet potato hummus.
These included starters such as guacamole, houmous with crudites and extremely tasty, non-dairy cheese scones - which contained no cheese at all but were delicious nonetheless.
Their take on the jirjir salad, a regional classic which is updated with the pairing of parmesan and date balsamic, works well, as does the beetroot hummus served with crudites and labneh.
It not only compels you to crunch crudites and pile greens onto your plate, but does so in a more healthful way.
Grazing lunchbox Fill a lunchbox with lean turkey slices, pickled gherkins, vegetable crudites, a hard-boiled egg, 1 level tablespoon sandwich pickle and 3 mini Babybel lights from your allowance).
Qatar Airways First and Business Class passengers travelling on selected flights will be offered Iftar boxes containing a chicken or vegetarian sandwich wrap, hummus, crudites, mini Arabic bread, mixed nuts, baklava, dates, an Alpen fruit and nut bar, fresh laban and water.
The Hummus and Farm, served with veggie crudites instead of pita, is an unusual combination put together to ensure a completely healthy menu.