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A dressed savoury dish, served hot or cold, complete in its dish with the sauce. The term is used both for the main part of a meal (especially in France and the USA) and also to describe courses intermediate between hors d'œuvre and main course.

[AHN-tray] 1. In America, the term "entrée" refers to the main course of a meal. 2. In parts of Europe, it refers to the dish served between the fish and meat courses during formal dinners. 3. In Australia, the entrée is the first course or appetizer.

noun

The right to enter or make use of: access, admission, admittance, entrance¹, entry, ingress. See enter/exit.

n

Definition: admittance
Antonyms: blackballing, rejection

n

Definition: main course
Antonyms: appetizer, dessert, starter

entrée (Fr., entrance). An entrance or opening dance. Also an individual dance within a larger segment of performance. The 17th-and 18th-century court ballets were composed of several entrées of four or more dancers and a closing Grand Ballet that featured all the dancers. In 19th-century ballets, individual acts were divided into several entrées, each one advancing the plot or theme, and performed by one or more principals with members of the corps de ballet.

IN BRIEF: The main dish of a meal.

I would like the chicken piccata for my entree.

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For a list of words related to entrée, see:

• Cuisines, Meals, and Restaurants - entrée: dish served as main course of meal
• French - entrée: main course of meal

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - forret, mellemret, hovedret, adgang

Nederlands (Dutch)
hoofdgerecht, entree, recht op toegang

Français (French)
n. - plat principal, entrée

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zutritt, Hauptgericht

Italiano (Italian)
prima portata

Português (Portuguese)
n. - prato (m) principal (Culin.), direito (m) de acesso

Español (Spanish)
n. - entrada, principio, plato fuerte

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tillträde, entrérätt, huvudrätt

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الطبق الرئيسي, دخول‏

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