main dish

Noun

Meaning

main dish (plural main dishes)

Main course in a meal.
Coordinate term: side dish

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Would you like to see the menu?" he said. "Or would you like to meet the Dish of the Day?" [...] "Good evening," it lowed and sat back heavily on its haunches, "I am the main Dish of the Day. May I interest you in parts of my body? Douglas Adams

Festivities end on Ash Wednesday, when locals sit down for the "Batatada" or potato feast, in which the main dish is salted cod with potatoes, eggs, mint, bread and wine. Source: Internet

Instead of using the oven, try cooking your main dish in the slow cooker, Instant Pot, or air fryer. Source: Internet

A sauce called mojo (from Portuguese origins) is very common through the islands and has developed different varieties adapted to the main dish where it is being used. Source: Internet

; entre nous: lit. "between us"; confidentially. ; entrée : lit. "entrance"; the first course of a meal (UK English); used to denote the main dish or course of a meal (US English). Source: Internet

Condiments and sauces Condiments Vietnamese usually use raw vegetables, rau sống, or rau ghém (sliced vegetable) as condiments for their dishes to combine properly with each main dish in flavour. Source: Internet

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