Entree (Noun)
Meaning 1
The principal dish of a meal.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Examples
- The roasted chicken was the entree for the holiday dinner.
- For her birthday, she ordered the filet mignon as her entree at the fancy restaurant.
- The chef recommended the pan-seared salmon as the special entree of the evening.
- At the buffet, the entree station offered a variety of international dishes to choose from.
- The grilled steak was the main entree at the summer barbecue.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Opening
- Scuttle
- Stage Door
- Vomitory
- Gateway
- Service Door
- Doorway
- Threshold
- Door
- Hatchway
- Servant's Entrance
- Archway
- Portal
- Porte-cochere
- Room Access
- Arch
- Service Entrance
- Pithead
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Meaning 3
An entrance, especially a theatrical entrance onto a stage or as if onto a stage; "she made a graceful entree into the ballroom".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Hypernyms
Meaning 4
The right to enter.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.