dish

[ dish ]

/ dɪʃ /

See synonyms for: dish / dished / dishes / dishing on Thesaurus.com

noun

an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.

any container used at table: dirty dishes.

the food served or contained in a dish: The meal consisted of several dishes.

a particular article, type, or preparation of food: Rice is an inexpensive dish.

the quantity held by a dish; dishful: a dish of applesauce.

anything like a dish in form or use.

concavity or the degree of concavity, as of a wheel.

Also called dish antenna. a concave, dish-shaped reflector serving to focus electromagnetic energy as part of a transmitter or receiver of radio, television, or microwave signals.

Slang. an attractive person, especially a female: His wife is quite a dish.

Slang. an item of gossip.

verb (used with object)

to put into or serve in a dish, as food: to dish food onto plates.

to fashion like a dish; make concave.

Slang. to gossip about: They talked all night, dishing their former friends.

Slang. to defeat; frustrate; cheat.

verb (used without object)

Slang. to talk together informally, especially, to gossip.

Verb Phrases

dish out, Informal.

to serve (food) from a serving dish, pot, etc.
to deal out; distribute: She dished out our pay in silver dollars.

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Idioms for dish

dish it out, Informal. to dispense abusive language, punishment, or praise, enthusiastic approval, etc.: When it comes to flattery, he can really dish it out.

Origin of dish

before 900; Middle English; Old English disc dish, plate, bowl (akin to German Tisch table) <Latin discus dish, discus

OTHER WORDS FROM dish

un·der·dish, noun

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Example sentences from the Web for dish

Chefs in states with new legislation are already publicly experimenting with dishes for their menus.
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Rather, he dishes up a seemingly endless stream of examples of pettiness, irritation, hypocrisy and awkwardness.
Fear And Self-Loathing In Scandinavia: The Fiction Of Karl Ove Knausgaard|Ted Gioia|May 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Crew quarters are still filled with dishes and other domestic and personal items.
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Dishes are listed by their Finnish names with English subtitles.
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Dishes here are prepared with locally picked mushrooms, herbs, trout, and moles.
The Road to Cinco de Mayo|Tania Lara|May 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But Leslie was out of the house and off the moment she had finished washing the dishes.
The Dragon's Secret|Augusta Huiell Seaman
Emma dried her dishes as carefully as she had washed them and stacked them in the cupboard.
The Lost Wagon|James Arthur Kjelgaard
In Placer county stone platters and dishes have been found in auriferous gravels from 10 to 20 feet below the surface.
Human Origins|Samuel Laing
The glass of his seaman's clock on the wall was broken, and dishes were shivered to bits.
Atlantis|Gerhart Hauptmann
In Saugor the food served consists only of rice and pulse without vegetables or other dishes.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV|R.V. Russell

British Dictionary definitions for dish

dish

/ (dɪʃ) /

noun

a container used for holding or serving food, esp an open shallow container of pottery, glass, etc

the food that is served or contained in a dish

a particular article or preparation of fooda local fish dish

Also called: dishful the amount contained in a dish

something resembling a dish, esp in shape

a concavity or depression

short for dish aerial, satellite dish aerial

informal an attractive person

informal something that one particularly enjoys or excels in

verb (tr)

to put into a dish

to make hollow or concave

British informal to ruin or spoilhe dished his chances of getting the job

Derived forms of dish

dishlike, adjective

Word Origin for dish

Old English disc, from Latin discus quoit, see disc

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Idioms and Phrases with dish

dish

In addition to the idioms beginning with dish

dish out
dish the dirt

also see:

do the dishes

Also see underdishwater.

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