entree

4 definitions • 7 examples

the main dish of a meal:

They always served a soup course before the entrée.

The menu features several appetizers, two dinner entrees and two desserts.

at formal meals, a small dish served before the main dish:

We had a fantastic meal starting with a salad entrée.

Our drinks arrived first, and our entrees came soon after.

We each had different entrees and different mains.

the right to join a group of people or enter a place:

entrée to The deal gave the company an entrée to the corporate market.

entrée into He was looking for an entree into the lucrative American market.

the main dish of a meal