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Entree vs Main - What's the difference?

entree | main |

Main is a synonym of entree.



As nouns the difference between entree and main

is that entree is the main course or main dish of a meal while main is strength; power; force; violent effort.

As an adjective main is

great in size or degree; vast; strong; powerful; important.

As an adverb main is

very; very much; greatly; mightily; extremely; exceedingly.

As a proper noun Main is

a river in southern Germany, flowing from Bavaria to the Rhine.

entree

English

Alternative forms

* entree

Noun

(wikipedia entrée) (en noun)
  • (chiefly, US, Canada) the main course or main dish of a meal
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2007 , author=Sue Fox , title=Etiquette for Dummies (published in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States) , page=180 , passage=Entree : The main course is normally beef, chicken, duck, or lamb, and you eat these foods with a dinner knife and dinner fork.}}
  • (chiefly, British, French Canada, Australia, New Zealand, historical, US, Canada) a smaller dish served before the main course of a meal.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1887 , author=Estelle Woods Wilcox , title=Practical housekeeping: A careful compilation of tried and approved recipes (published in Dayton, Ohio, United States) , page=457 , passage=ENTREES' AND ENTREMETS. Usually, outside of France, '''entrees''' are side or corner dishes. ... In conclusion I again remark, '''entrees''' can be made from almost anything, the difference being, they are highly cooked and seasoned. Remember nothing large is served as an '''entree'''. There are game '''entrees''', meat '''entrees''', fish '''entrees''', fowl ' entrees , etc.}}
  • The act of entering somewhere, or permission to enter; admittance
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1796 , author=John Owen , title=Owen's travels into different parts of Europe, in the years 1791 and 1792 , page=307 , passage=It was not by the aid of mules and porters, sedans and sledges, that the hero of Carthage made his entrée into Italy.}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2008 , author=Lyn Hamilton , title= The Chinese Alchemist , page=253 , passage=Burton conveniently afforded him entree into the world of art and those who buy it.}}

    Synonyms

    * (main dish of a meal) main course, main * (dish served before main course) appetiser, appetizer, hors d’oeuvre, starter * (permission to enter) access, admission, admittance, entry

    Related terms

    * entry

    See also

    * appetizer * starter

    External links

    * “Entrée” article on The Language of Food blog

    Anagrams

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    main

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), partly from (etyl) . More at (may).

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (label) Great in size or degree; vast; strong; powerful; important.
  • * (Samuel Daniel) (1562-1619)
  • Principal; prime; chief; leading; of chief or principal importance.
  • * (John Tillotson) (1630-1694)
  • * , chapter=7
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=With some of it on the south and more of it on the north of the great main thoroughfare that connects Aldgate and the East India Docks, St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London.}}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild
    • , title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=5 , passage=By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.}}
  • Principal or chief in size or extent; largest; consisting of the largest part; most important by reason or size or strength.
  • * (John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Yesterday’s fuel , passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.
  • Full; undivided; sheer (of strength, force etc.).
  • * 1817 , (Walter Scott), , XII:
  • (label) Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
  • (label) Big; angry.
    • Derived terms
    * main drag * main road

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Very; very much; greatly; mightily; extremely; exceedingly.
  • * 1799 , Samuel Foote, The works of Samuel Foote :
  • * 1840 , Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Leigh Hunt, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The dramatic works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan :

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , later also taking senses from the adjective.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * Spenser
  • That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the gross; the bulk; the greater part.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • * 1858 , Humphrey Prideaux, James Talboys Wheeler, An historical connection of the Old and New Testaments :
  • * Francis Bacon
  • * 1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, page 90:
  • * 1624 , John Donne, Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes (Meditation XVII):
  • * 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
  • * Dryden
  • A large pipe or cable providing utility service to a building or area, such as water main or electric main.
  • (label) The mainsail.
    • Quotations
    * (English Citations of "main")
    Derived terms
    {{der3, (large pipe or cable) gas main, mains (qualifier), water main , in the main , main brace , main drag , maincrop , mainframe , mainland , mainline, main line , mainmast , mainplane , mainsail , mainsheet , mainspring , mainstreet, main street , maintop , maintopmast}}

    Etymology 3

    ; compare (manual).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hand or match in a game of dice.
    • (Prior)
    (Thackeray)
  • A stake played for at dice.
  • * Shakespeare, The First Park of King Henry IV
  • The largest throw in a match at dice; a throw at dice within given limits, as in the game of hazard.
  • A match at cockfighting.
  • * Thackeray
  • A main-hamper, or fruit basket.
    • (Ainsworth)

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