main dish

noun

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

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Really, any vegetables lingering in your crisper drawer can find new life in these dumplings, as can any kind of leftover protein from a main dish the night (or two) before. Lizzy Briskin, SELF, 2 May 2025 There’s also a delicious suckling pig belly with a rich polenta that deserves your attention as a main dish. Rana Good, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025 Even the menu was ‘80s-inspired with a mushroom meatloaf as a main dish. Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 25 Feb. 2025 Pair with a dessert of shortcake or a main dish of beef stew. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025 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 11 May. 2025.

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