entrée

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For an added special touch to they also provide a Personal Preference option to the menu, where your guests can make their entrée selection at the table.

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  1. noun The main dish of a meal.
  2. noun A dish served in formal dining immediately before the main course or between two principal courses.
  3. noun The act of entering.

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  • Although they work well as a side dish, perfect with anything Cajun, fried green tomatoes can also be made as an entrée, drizzled in olive oil or served with a scoop of tangy Greek yogurt. —  Columbia Spectator - News, sports, and entertainment coverage for the Morningside Heights community in New York City.
  • For an added special touch to they also provide a Personal Preference option to the menu, where your guests can make their entrée selection at the table. —  Romantic Travel News
  • Some are eating fruit and what appears to be the healthier of the entrée choices, beef noodle soup. —  Madison.com - top
  • Why should a decent citizen like himself, a dentist, a mensch who deserved to relive life as a soaring eagle or ensconced in the lap of some sexy socialite getting his fur stroked, come back ignominiously as an entrée on a menu? —  The New Yorker
  • The concept gives users a very fast time-to-market, low-investment entrée into specific broad applications areas, Faith said, without sacrificing customer-specific features.
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French entrée, from Old French entree; see entry.

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  1. French, from Old French entree, later Middle English entree, English entry, q. v.
 

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