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Go vegetable heavy. Reverse the psychology of your plate by making meat the side dish and vegetables the main course.
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Meaning of "main course" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MAIN COURSE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAIN COURSE

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determiner
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Main course is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAIN COURSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

main course

Main course

A main course is the featured or primary dish in a meal consisting of several courses. It usually follows the entrée course. In the United States and parts of Canada, it may in fact be called "entrée". A sirloin steak dinner. The sirloin steak is the main course here. The main dish is usually the heaviest, heartiest, and most complex or substantive dish on a menu. The main ingredient is usually meat or fish; in vegetarian meals, the main course sometimes attempts to mimic a meat course. It is most often preceded by an appetizer, soup, and/or salad, and followed by a dessert. For those reasons the main course is sometimes referred to as the "meat course". In formal dining, a well-planned main course can function as a sort of gastronomic apex or climax. In such a scheme, the preceding courses are designed to prepare for and lead up to the main course in such a way that the main course is anticipated and, when the scheme is successful, increased in its ability to satisfy and delight the diner. The courses following the main course then calm the palate and the stomach, acting as a sort of dénouement or anticlimax.

Definition of main course in the English dictionary

The definition of main course in the dictionary is the principal dish of a meal. Other definition of main course is a square mainsail.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAIN COURSE

main
main beam
main bearing
main clause
main deck
main door
main door flat
main drag
main line
main man
main market
main memory
main office
main plane
main road
main sequence
main store
Main Street
main yard
main-line

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAIN COURSE

as a matter of course
Bourse
concourse
course
crash course
discourse
golf course
in due course
intercourse
lay a course
matter of course
matter-of-course
nurse
of course
par for the course
racecourse
recourse
required course
run its course
sexual intercourse
training course

Synonyms and antonyms of main course in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «main course» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAIN COURSE

Find out the translation of main course to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of main course from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «main course» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

主菜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

plato fuerte
570 millions of speakers

English

main course
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुख्य पाठ्यक्रम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طَبَقٌ رَئِيسِيّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

основное блюдо
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prato principal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মূল কার্যধারা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

plat principal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hidangan utama
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hauptgericht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

メインコース
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

주 요리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Utama wae
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

món chính
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முக்கிய கோர்ஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुख्य कोर्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ana yemek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

portata principale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

danie główne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

закуска
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fel principal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κύριο πιάτο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoofgereg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

huvudrätt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hovedrett
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of main course

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAIN COURSE»

The term «main course» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.045 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAIN COURSE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about main course

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4 QUOTES WITH «MAIN COURSE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word main course.
1
Bobby Flay
Go vegetable heavy. Reverse the psychology of your plate by making meat the side dish and vegetables the main course.
2
Jenna McCarthy
As relationships progress, the time you spend smooching diminishes. Where kissing was once an enjoyable entree unto itself, it becomes a mere appetizer couples hasten through on the way to the main course.
3
Jacques Pepin
When I was a child, we always had wine on the table, no matter how simple the meal. The wine had no special identity; it was just 'the wine,' from the cellar cask. The rules were general: white with the first course, red with the main course.
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Sally Schneider
Often for hors d'oeuvres, I serve room temperature vegetables, something like that, so that the main course might be quite rich but the first course has balanced it out.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAIN COURSE»

Discover the use of main course in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to main course and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Appetizer: When You're Not His Main Course
Or will he.......These three friends all have one thing in common; they are really their man's chick on the side. What happens when a woman find's out that she is not her man's main course, she is only the appetizer.
Ni'cola Mitchell, 2010
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Main Course Salads: Creative Salads That Satisfy
Collects recipes for salad entrees and dressings that include chicken, turkey, beef, pork, lamb, shrimp, tuna, beans, rice, and pasta
Donna Rodnitzky, 1999
3
Ultimate Book of Main Course Dishes
Here is a glorious mix of the classic and the contemporary, offering dishes for every kind of occasion.
Jenni Fleetwood, 2008
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Main course salads
Over 30 great new-and-healthy, easy-to-prepare recipes for scrmptious main course salads from the brand names you know, respect and love.
Modern Publishing (a division of Unisystems, Inc.), 1995
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How to Get Laid before the Main Course: A Gentleman’s ...
Now. “Getting. Laid. before. the. Main. Course...” So you turned your cave into a clean, sexy bachelor pad, scrubbed up well, made a great appetizer, you don't think you said anything stupid, you don't think you did anything stupid and you think ...
ViMal, 2014
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Menu Dating: Taste-Test Your Way to the Main Course
Order up…a delicious new dating attitude!Whether you’re convinced all the good guys are taken, sick of kissing frogs, or simply feeling cursed by Cupid, Tristan and Todd, irrepressible best friends and dating aficionados, will teach you ...
Tristan Coopersmith, Todd Johnson, 2009
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Soup Suppers: More Than 100 Main-Course Soups and 40 ...
Here are new recipes for soups from around the world as well as favorites from just around the block, all made equally accessible to American cooks and their kitchens.
Arthur Schwartz, 1994
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365 Main Course Dishes
From simple suppers to elegant dinner parties, a dish to sharpen the appetite every day of the year can be easily prepared using these unique, step-by-step recipes illustrated in full color.
Outlet Book Co, Outlet Book Company Staff, Rh Value Publishing, 1993
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Eatiquette's the Main Course on Table Service: Skills & Tips ...
Learn waiter/waitress skills, become more polished and professional and get a taste of the "restaurant lifestyle" with this comprehensive, easy-to-read waitstaff training manual written by a veteran waiter/trainer.
David Rothschild, 2001
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Salad Days: Main Course Salads for a First-Class Meal
Offers a collection of main-course salads, with such creations as penne pasta and spinach with oven-roasted plum tomatoes, toasted walnuts, curly endive, and cracked black pepper vinaigrette
Marcel Desaulniers, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAIN COURSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term main course is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tipsheet: Main course - PostBulletin.com: 507 / Entertainment
Hungry to help a good cause? Run or walk in Feed the Need 5K, an event Tuesday at TerraLoco that benefits Community Food Response. «Post-Bulletin, Jul 15»
2
4 Tips for Eating Out (So You Can Keep Feeling Good) - Yahoo
At dinner, I order two appetizers instead of an appetizer and a main course; entrées tend to be just too big in restaurants. I go for a vegetarian ... «Yahoo Health, Jul 15»
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How to make your summer beer better | Fox News
... to Pair Items You Already Have In Your Pantry · 12 Lightning-Fast Chicken Dinners to Make Now · 14 Main Course-Worthy Vegetarian Salads. «Fox News, Jul 15»
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Dining out in Manchester: The best deals, including up to 50% off at …
Meal options will include appetisers, a starter and main course, a side dish, and rice or naan bread depending on you preference. Many typical ... «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
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Hudson Ranch and Vineyards focus of winemaker dinner at Angele
The evening's main course is pork loin with lemon thyme sausage, shelling beans, couscous and sauce verte. The kitchen is planning to ... «Napa Valley Register, Jul 15»
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McDonald's opens luxury dining pop-up in Tokyo for one night only …
For the main course, customers will be served a full-size Fresh Mac burger - which is the restaurant's latest offering, involving classic ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Watertown Daily Times | Shrimp, snow peas combine in pretty …
Serve it as a main course for lunch or a light dinner, or in smaller portions as a first course. Shrimp and Snow Pea Salad with Sesame. «WatertownDailyTimes.com, Jul 15»
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[VIDEO] 'Comic-Con' Bloopers — 'Grey's Anatomy' Spinoff With …
... out of the all-star visitors to TVLine's Comic-Con interview suite at the Hard Rock Hotel, we're dishing out the main course: the blooper reel! «TVLine, Jul 15»
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Chagrin Valley Little Theatre shows new works in the Ten/Ten …
CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio - If you prefer several appetizers over one main course, the Chagrin Valley Little Theatre offers a fast-paced evening of ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
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The Hindu Crossword 11452 - MISCELLANEOUS - The Hindu
23 Eye chef's top main course (6). 26 Wander with or without right (5). 27 Urge found in ambitious pursuits (4). More In: MISCELLANEOUS ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»

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