main course

Noun

Meaning

a square mainsail

the principal dish of a meal

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

entree main second current course direction bearing meal dish drift tenor main dish piece de resistance basic course second course
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Antonyms

side side dish side order sidedish side item additional course
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Hypernyms

course mainsail

Hyponyms

plate

Examples

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

Often for hors d'oeuvres, I serve room temperature vegetables, something like that, so that the main course might be quite rich but the first course has balanced it out. Sally Schneider

Josephus: I'm Josephus, and I'm the main course over at the Colosseum! Mel Brooks

Go vegetable heavy. Reverse the psychology of your plate by making meat the side dish and vegetables the main course. Bobby Flay

Fun can be the dessert of our lives but never its main course. Harold S. Kushner

Walt's idea was that - as soon as the people who were dining got through their main course. They were supposed to all be seated, served at the same time, when they got into the dessert. John Hench

Close letter words and terms

main contender main contractor main copy main courses main court main courtyard