entree

3 definitions found

entree - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

entree - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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

entree - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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