entremets

[ ahn-truh-mey; French ahn-truh-me ]

noun,plural en·tre·mets

[ahn-truh-meyz; French ahn-truh-me]. /ˈɑn trəˌmeɪz; French ɑ̃ trəˈmɛ/. (used with a singular or plural verb)

a dish or dishes served at dinner between the principal courses or with the roast or other main course; side dish.
the sweet dishes or dessert course served after a cheese course.

Origin of entremets

1425–75; late Middle English <Middle French; Old French entremes.See inter-, mess

Words Nearby entremets

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How to use entremets in a sentence

Cotgrave has: 'entremets, certain choice dishes served in between the courses at a feast.'
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey Chaucer
Our young man gave the portable oven a kick and sent the entremets into the garden for the pigeons to eat.
Brother Jacques (Novels of Paul de Kock, Volume XVII) | Charles Paul de Kock
Many are entremets at a grand dinner, and dessert at a family dinner.
Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks | Pierre Blot
The second course comprises dishes of two kinds, viz.: rôts and entremets.
Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks | Pierre Blot
Sundry entremets, or light dishes that had a peculiarly tempting appearance, came first under his grasp.
Home as Found | James Fenimore Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for entremets

entremets

/ (French ɑ̃trəmɛ) /

nounplural -mets (French -mɛ)

a dessert
a light dish, formerly served at formal dinners between the main course and the dessert

Origin of entremets

C18: from French, from Old French entremes, from entre- between, inter- + mes dish, mess

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