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It is the "meal" that is the "biggest" and comes after the "appetizers" but "before" the "dessert". It will usually "contain" foods more likely to "fill you up" like "meat", "pasta", etc. It's often more "expensive" too.

There are several different sections to a fancy meal. The appetizer is 1st, then the main meal, then dessert. The main course is just that--it is the main part of the meal. Meat (or protein of some type), potatoes or pasta, vegetables.

The main course is the main meal.

It is the main dish in a meal that either has many courses or has one course with a number of side dishes.

You have several courses: maybe the salad course, soup course... the main course would be the actual dinner (meat, sides, veg...) and possibly then followed by the dessert course.

It's the principal dish of a meal.

Yes, it´s the first meal in a restaurant.

Daniel