entree Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

En`trée" noun (Also<
  • Entree
  • Entrée
)
Etymology
F. See Entry.
Definitions
  1. A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter; as, to have the entrée 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.

Webster 1913