main dish

noun

: the main food prepared for a meal
The main dish was poached salmon.

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This traditional cold salad pairs well with any backyard barbecue main dish. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 23 May 2026 Make these main dish-worthy salads the stars of your next gathering. Victoria Caruso, Washington Post, 10 May 2026 Bitter greens complement sweet fruit and rich fish in this flavorful main dish salad. Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 1 May 2026 In SimCity 2000, the power plant also relied on orbiting satellites to beam microwave signals, but these satellites occasionally caused fires when the beam missed the power plant’s main dish. Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for main dish

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“Main dish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/main%20dish. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.

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