dish
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[edit] Etymology
From Old English disc from West Proto-Germanic *diskaz, from Latin discus. Cognate with Dutch disch (“table”), German Tisch (“table”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
dish (plural dishes)
- A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
- The contents of such a vessel.
- a dish of stew
- A specific type of prepared food.
- a vegetable dish
- this dish is filling and easily made
- (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.
- a type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl, as in satellite dish, radar dish
- (slang) A sexually attractive person.
[edit] Synonyms
- (vessel): plate
- (contents): dishful, plate, plateful
- (type of prepared food):
- (sexually attractive person): babe, fox
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Derived terms
[edit] Translations
vessel for holding/serving food
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contents of such a vessel
specific type of food
tableware to be/being washed
type of antenna
slang: sexually attractive person
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[edit] See also
[edit] Verb
dish (third-person singular simple present dishes, present participle dishing, simple past and past participle dished)
- (transitive) To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.
- The restaurant dished up a delicious Italian brunch.
- (informal, slang) To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.
