main dish

noun

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

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Try grilling or pan-frying it for a crispy main dish. Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 28 May 2025 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 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 4 Jun. 2025.

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