entree

Noun

Meaning

A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter; as, to have the entree of a house.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

access entry entrance admission accession admittance entryway main course entranceway avenue way approach course gateway perk
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Antonyms

side excommunication exception ban exile exit
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Hypernyms

right approach course access entry entering

Hyponyms

arch gateway archway opening plate door

Phrases with the word

give an entree

Anagrams

eterne retene rentee teener

Examples

The entrée wasn't tender enough to be a paving stone and the gravy couldn't have been primordial soup because morphogenesis was already taking place. Clive James

As relationships progress, the time you spend smooching diminishes. Where kissing was once an enjoyable entree unto itself, it becomes a mere appetizer couples hasten through on the way to the main course. Jenny McCarthy

they waited at the entrance to the garden Source: Internet

beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral Source: Internet

she made a graceful entree into the ballroom Source: Internet

$31.95 for an entree, plus 1.5 hours of your choice of tropical mimosas, red or white sangria, Champagne mojitos, Champagne margaritas, Bloody Marys, or house beer. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

entreaty entrechat entrectinib Entrekin entrelac entrelac stitch