What does "crudités" mean?

Raw vegetables often served as an appetizer before a main dish; sometimes including fruits.

What is a synonym for "crudités"?

Common synonyms include: raw vegetables, vegetable platter.

Pronounced //ˈkɹuːdɪteɪz//.

/ˈkɹuːdɪteɪz/ noun

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Noun

1
Raw vegetables often served as an appetizer before a main dish; sometimes including fruits. plural, plural-normally
2
plural of crudité form-of, plural

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French crudités.

Etymology 2

From crudité + -s.