entree
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treɪ noun
1.
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
2.
Older Use. a dish served at dinner between the principal courses.
3.
the privilege of entering; access.
4.
a means of obtaining entry: His friendship with an actor's son was his entrée into the theatrical world.
5.
the act of entering; entrance.
Also, en·tree.
Synonyms
3, 4. admission, entry.
3, 4. admission, entry.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a dish served before a main course |
| 2. | chiefly (US) the main course of a meal |
| 3. | the power or right of entry |
| [C18: from French, from entrer to | |
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Word Origin & History
entree
1724, "opening piece of an opera or ballet," from Fr. entrée, from O.Fr. entree (see entry). Cookery sense is from 1759; originally the dish which was introductory to the main course.
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Example sentences
Delicious as this earthy dish was, there was enough of it to qualify as a main course, making the thought of an entree daunting.
Law school per se is not a particularly good entree to legal philosophy.
And despite their idiosyncrasies, these house museums often provide a rare entree into a city's history and character.
The many dishes were freshly prepared and festively served in banquet-style sequence, entree after entree.
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