main dish

Example Sentences

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Sometimes the best dinner is one without a main dish.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

That’s the beginnings of an amazingly delicious, yet simple, main dish included in the new “Catan: The Official Cookbook.”

From Washington Times • Sep. 11, 2023

Her main dish was smoked rainbow trout, citrus cured rillette, fried egg, chive mash, soused vegetables and herb butter sauce.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2023

Dinner doesn’t have to be a main dish and two to three sides.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2023

The soup course was served, and then a fish course, and finally the main dish was brought out in great kettles, piping hot and fragrant with paprika.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood