Entrée

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.

Even the cardinal virtues cannot atone for half-cold entrées, as Lord Henry remarked once, in a discussion on the subject, and there is possibly a good deal to be said for his view.

Entree: The main course is normally beef, chicken, duck, or lamb, and you eat these foods with a dinner knife and dinner fork.

It was not by the aid of mules and porters, sedans and sledges, that the hero of Carthage made his entrée into Italy.

Much as it is the fashion to deride the nobility, by decrying their morality and denying their ability, even by those who have the entrée, and therefore may be supposed to know them the best, in point of fact, at the present day, there are amongst them an immense proportion of good and sensible people.

But soon Edward [Scissorhands] […] becomes very popular when the neighbors find out that he is able to create ingenious, beautiful topiaries in the gardens, great hairdos for women, and superb grooming on pet dogs. He even comes in handy grilling shish-kabobs at a barbecue. Edward understands that his entrée into social acceptability is through his talent, and he wants to be accepted and loved.

Burton conveniently afforded him entree into the world of art and those who buy it.