dish

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From Old English disc from West Proto-Germanic *diskaz, from Latin discus. Cognate with Dutch disch (table), German Tisch (table).

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dish (plural dishes)

  1. A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
  2. The contents of such a vessel.
    a dish of stew
  3. A specific type of prepared food.
    a vegetable dish
    this dish is filling and easily made
  4. (in the plural) Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.
    It's your turn to wash the dishes.
  5. a type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl, as in satellite dish, radar dish
  6. (slang) A sexually attractive person.

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dish (third-person singular simple present dishes, present participle dishing, simple past and past participle dished)

  1. (transitive) To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.
    The restaurant dished up a delicious Italian brunch.
  2. (informal, slang) To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.

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