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dish
[ dish ]
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 an·ten·na [dish, an-ten-, uh]. 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 phrase
- Informal.
- to serve (food) from a serving dish, pot, etc.
- to deal out; distribute:
She dished out our pay in silver dollars.
dish
/ ɪʃ /
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 food
a local fish dish
- Also calleddishful 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
- to put into a dish
- to make hollow or concave
- informal.to ruin or spoil
he dished his chances of getting the job
Derived Forms
- ˈ徱ˌ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ܲ··徱 noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of dish1
Idioms and Phrases
- 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.
More idioms and phrases containing dish
- do the dishes
- dishwater
Example Sentences
Currently, the standard method for detecting bacterial infections is by trying to grow a sample of it in a Petri dish.
Tony Lam digs into a full spread of Vietnamese dishes.
He could dish out compliments, but he was often too insecure to take them.
She bought her family a Valentine’s Day lunch at Sizzler, treating her mom to the buffet and her dad to his favorite steak and shrimp dish.
In the chapter’s introduction, she urges coastal skeptics to come down from their high horses and consider what these dishes are actually doing.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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