Definitions for canape

canape can·a·pé

Spelling: [kan-uh-pee, -pey; French ka-na
IPA: /ˈkæn ə pi, -ˌpeɪ; French ka naˈpeɪ/

Canape is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 82 anagrams from letters in canape (aacenp).

Definitions for canape

noun

  1. a thin piece of bread or toast or a cracker spread or topped with cheese, caviar, anchovies, or other savory food.
  2. Furniture. a sofa of 18th-century France, made in any of several forms, often with matching chairs.
  3. Bridge. a style of bidding in which short suits are bid before long ones.

Origin of canape

1885-90; French: literally, a covering or netting, orig. for a bed (see canopy), by extension for a piece of bread

Examples for canape

She and Peter were in the pantry, deep in the manufacture of a certain sort of canape.

It consists of oysters, a canape, a fruit cocktail, grapefruit or something else of the same kind.

An oxeye daisy, p. 31, may be placed in center of canape, in the wreath of parsley.

Word Value for canape
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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