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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Entremets, n.

noun

(ŏng-tr-mā'), n. [Fr., from entre, between, and mets, a dish, a mess, O. Fr. mes. See Mess.]

  1. A small plate, or dainty dish, set on between the principal dishes at table.
  2. (Mus.) An inferior and lesser movement, which is inserted between the greater and more important movements of a composition, for the sake of relief. Moore.