entree

en·trée or en·tree  (ntr, n-tr)

n.

1.

a. The main dish of a meal.

b. A dish served in formal dining immediately before the main course or between two principal courses.

2.

a. The act of entering.

b. The power, permission, or liberty to enter; admittance.

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[French entrée, from Old French entree; see entry.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	entree - the principal dish of a meal main course course - part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three course meal" plate - a main course served on a plate; "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special"
	2.	entree - the right to enter access, admittance, admission, accession right - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" door - anything providing a means of access (or escape); "we closed the door to Haitian immigrants"; "education is the door to success"
	3.	entree - something that provides access (to get in or get out); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral" entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry access, approach - a way of entering or leaving; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge" archway, arch - a passageway under a curved masonry construction; "they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory" doorway, room access, door, threshold - the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; "he stuck his head in the doorway" gateway - an entrance that can be closed by a gate hatchway, scuttle, opening - an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship pithead - the entrance to a coal mine portal - a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically); "the portals of the cathedral"; "the portals of heaven"; "the portals of success" porte-cochere - a carriage entrance passing through a building to an enclosed courtyard servant's entrance, service door, service entrance - an entrance intended for the use of servants or for delivery of goods and removal of refuse stage door - an entrance to the backstage area of theater; used by performers and other theater personnel vomitory - an entrance to an amphitheater or stadium
	4.	entree - the act of entering; "she made a graceful entree into the ballroom" incoming, ingress, entering, entrance, entry - the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance"