entrée
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
entrée /ˈɒntreɪ/
▶noun
- 1 the main course of a meal.
■ Brit. a dish served between the first and main courses at a formal dinner.
- 2 the right to enter a social group or institution.
– origin C18 (denoting a piece of instrumental music forming the first part of a suite): Fr., fem. past part. of entrer (see entry).
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