dish

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 See also 1.5 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

From Old English disc from West Proto-Germanic *disk(s) < Latin discus. Cognate with Dutch disch (“‘table’”), German Tisch (“‘table’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪʃ/
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  Rhymes: -ɪʃ

[edit] Noun

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 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. (slang) A sexually attractive woman.
6. (British, slang) A sexually attractive person of either sex.

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• (vessel): plate
• (contents): dishful, plate, plateful
• (type of prepared food):
• (sexually attractive woman): babe, fox
• (sexually attractive person of either sex):

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[edit] See also

• plate

[edit] Verb

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

1. To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.