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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Entr'ee \En'tr['e]e"\, noun [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.
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]
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
noun
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
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