dish
noun
an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
dishes
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pluralof dish.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof dish (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
dishnounan open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
Example Sentences
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Order traditional Moroccan dishes to share so you can try a little of everything.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Most Jewish Americans don’t keep kosher; even most who avoid pork and shellfish don’t go to the effort of maintaining separate dishes and utensils for meat and dairy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Over the nine-week period, 'root-to-tip' dishes made up a third of total daily hot menu sales at the university.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Detectives then found a pattern of invoices, often for food items inconsistent with school meals, but matching dishes on the menu of his private catering business Flava 2 You, said Borges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
The girls bounded out of their chairs, placed their dishes in the dishwasher, and headed for the door.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
