Look up: Tapas

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   Tapas
   (Spanish) appetizers, small snacks
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   Tapas
   `Tapas` is the name for a wide variety of appetizers in Spanish cuisine. They may be cold, such as mixed olives and cheese, or warm, such as `puntillitas`, Andalusian battered, fried baby squid. In the United States and the United Kingdom, tapas have evolved into an entire cuisine; at Spanish restaurants, patrons may order many different small tapas, and combine them for a full meal.
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   tapas
   (from the article `restaurant`) In Spain the bars and cafés of Madrid offer widely varied appetizers, called tapas, including such items as shrimp cooked in olive oil with garlic, ... ...which are open all day, generally serve food as well as drink, and it is a widespread custom to go for a snack before meals, especially on ... ...
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   tapas
   (Sanskrit: `heat,` or `ardour`), in Hinduism, ascetic practice voluntarily carried out to achieve spiritual power or purification. In the Vedas, ... [1 related articles]
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   Tapas
   (Skr. heat) Austerity, penance, intense application of Yoga (q.v.). -- K.F.L.
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