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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These included organoids, which are miniature tumor models grown from patient tissue, as well as human cancer cells cultured in laboratory dishes and implanted into mice.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
It’s really simple—smoothies and a lot of good pasta dishes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
What’s unsurprising about Chuck Lorre’s memoir: He dishes, and without sparing anyone, including himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Ekerdt described a woman he interviewed who had once hosted family dinners for 12 or 15 and kept enough dishes to serve everyone.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
What if the glass fragments could be pieced together into the original cups, vases, dishes, and other glassware?
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
