"main menu" meaning in English

See main menu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: main menus [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} main menu (plural main menus)
  1. (computing, video games) A list of principal options, usually presented to the user immediately upon the launch of a computer program or video game. Categories (topical): Computing, Video games

Inflected forms

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