Entree

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Entr'ee \En`tr['e]e"\, n. [F. See {Entry}.]
     1. A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access;
        permission or right to enter; as, to have the entr['e]e of
        a house.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. (Cookery) 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. [obsolescent]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. the dish which comprises the main course of a meal,
        especially in a restaurant; as, there were many entrees on
        the menu.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  entree
       n 1: the principal dish of a meal [syn: {main course}]
       2: the right to enter [syn: {access}, {accession}, {admittance}]
       3: something that provides access (entry or exit); "they waited
          at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just
          outside the entryway to the cathedral" [syn: {entrance}, {entranceway},
           {entryway}, {entry}]
       4: the act of entering; "she made a graceful entree into the
          ballroom"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "entree":
     access, adit, admission, admittance, antepast, boil, broil,
     casserole, course, cover, culinary masterpiece,
     culinary preparation, dessert, dish, entrance, entremets, entry,
     fry, grill, help, helping, import, importation, importing, in,
     income, incoming, infiltration, ingoing, ingress, ingression,
     input, insertion, insinuation, intake, interpenetration,
     introduction, introgression, intrusion, leakage, main dish,
     open arms, open door, opening, penetration, percolation, place,
     plate, portion, reception, roast, second helping, seepage, service,
     serving, side dish, way