entrée

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The main dish of a meal.
2. n. A dish served in formal dining immediately before the main course or between two principal courses.
3. n. The act of entering.
4. n. The power, permission, or liberty to enter; admittance.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. An obsolete form of entry.
2. n. Entry; freedom of access: as, the entrée of a house.
3. n. A made dish served at the dinner-table between the chief courses.
4. n. In music: Formerly, a slow composition, in march rhythm, usually in two parts, each repeated: so called because often used to accompany the entry of processions in operas and ballets.
5. n. An introduction or a prelude; especially, in an opera or a ballet, the next movement after the overture; an intrada.
6. n. The act of entering; entrance: as, his entrée was very effective.
7. n. An old dance resembling the polonaise, or the music for it.

Wiktionary

1. n. Canada the main course or main dish of a meal
2. n. chiefly UK, French Canada, Australia, New Zealand (historical, US, Canada) a smaller dish served before the main course of a meal.
3. n. The act of entering somewhere, or permission to enter; admittance

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter.
2. n. (Cookery), obsolescent In French usage, a dish served at the beginning of dinner to give zest to the appetite; in English usage, a side dish, served with a joint, or between the courses, as a cutlet, scalloped oysters, etc.
3. n. the dish which comprises the main course of a meal, especially in a restaurant.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the principal dish of a meal
2. n. the act of entering
3. n. the right to enter
4. n. something that provides access (to get in or get out)