course
- noun
- /kɔrs/
- During the dinner, each course was beautifully presented and paired with carefully selected wines.
- main course
The biggest problem was each course is paired with wine.
- The biggest problem was each course is paired with wine.
- And then the waiter sets a course down in front of us.
- I would take crumbs from a man and make that a six course meal.
- It was their second course was potatoes of sort.
- And now to the main course in his greatest lighting.
Examples
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The restaurant offers a delightful three-course course that includes a starter, main dish, and dessert.
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And now to the main course in his greatest lighting.
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A toast to our main course this evening.
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Each wine was paired with a different lunch course and it was all delish.
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Professor Edward Copeland opened his course on Japanese literature that summer with haiku in translation.
Fiction book (1990) -
For dessert, we chose a rich chocolate cake as the final course of the meal.
Synonyms
A sweet dish eaten at the end of a meal
A particular cooked food served as part of a meal
A small food or drink served before a main meal to make you hungry
A main meal served on one dish
A small dish served before the main course to begin a meal
A small dish served with or between main courses to add variety
Idioms
Compounds
A situation likely to lead to conflict between people or groups if not changed
A course where teachers send lessons and students return work by mail or online for home study
A list of classes a college or university offers with times, requirements, and descriptions
- Specialized
An official record that a college gives for a completed course toward a degree
A series of talks about one subject that teachers give at a university or college
- UK
A layer of waterproof material at the bottom of walls near the ground that stops moisture rising
A layer of waterproof material in a wall near the ground that stops water rising
How Filling
Surface Forms
Etymology
Course (meal) comes from the Latin root cursus and currere, which mean 'to run'. A helpful way to remember this is to think of dishes being 'run' one after another, so a meal has separate courses served in order.