Hypertext Webster Gateway: "entree"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Entr'ee \En`tr['e]e"\, n. [F. See {Entry}.]
1. A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access;
permission or right to enter; as, to have the entr['e]e of
a house.
2. (Cookery) 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
entree
n 1: the principal dish of a meal [syn: {main course}]
2: the right to enter [syn: {access}, {admittance}]
3: something that allows access (entry or exit); "they waited
at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just
outside the entryway to the cathedral" [syn: {entrance}, {entranceway},
{entryway}, {entry}]
4: the act of entering; "she made a graceful entree into the
ballroom"
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