dish
9 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
dishes
plural
dishes
Britannica Dictionary definition of DISH
1
[count]
a
:
a shallow container that you cook or serve food in
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a baking/serving dish [=a container used to bake/serve food]
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a casserole/pie dish [=a container used to bake a casserole/pie]
specifically
:
a shallow bowl
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a candy dish [=a container used to serve candy]
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the cat's food/water dish
b
:
the food served in a dish
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a dish of strawberries
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a small dish of ice cream
2
[count]
:
food that is prepared in a particular way
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Each person made a dish for the potluck supper.
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The restaurant serves some of my favorite dishes.
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a fish/pasta/potato dish [=food that has fish/pasta/potatoes as a main ingredient]
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The main dish [=the biggest dish of a meal] was poached salmon, and it was served with a side dish [=a food that is served at the same time as the main dish] of spinach.
3
dishes
[plural]
:
all the things (such as plates, forks, glasses, pans, cooking utensils, etc.) that are used to prepare, serve, and eat a meal
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We piled all the dishes in the sink after dinner.
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Will you wash the breakfast dishes, please?
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a sink full of dirty dishes
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It's your turn to do the dishes. [=wash the dishes]
4
[count]
a
:
a shallow container that holds something other than food
b
:
something that is shaped like a shallow bowl
—
see also petri dish, satellite dish
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Do you have cable TV or a dish? [=an antenna shaped like a dish that receives television signals from a satellite]
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a dish antenna
5
[singular]
informal + old-fashioned
:
a sexually attractive person
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I hear your cousin is a dish. [=hottie]
2
dish
/ˈdɪʃ/
verb
dishes;
dished;
dishing
2
dish
/ˈdɪʃ/
verb
dishes;
dished;
dishing
Britannica Dictionary definition of DISH
[no object]
slang
:
to talk about the personal life of someone else
:
gossip
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The two of them are always dishing about their coworkers.
dish out
[phrasal verb]
1
dish out (something)
also
dish (something) out
informal
:
to serve (food)
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The restaurant dishes out more than 500 meals every night.
2
:
to give (something) freely or in large amounts
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She dishes out advice to anyone who'll listen.
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He's always dishing out money and gifts to his grandchildren.
3
dish it out
:
to criticize other people
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He can dish it out, but he can't take it. [=he likes to criticize other people, but he doesn't like being criticized]
dish (the) dirt
dish up
[phrasal verb]
dish up (something)
also
dish (something) up
informal
:
to put (food) into a dish or dishes for serving or eating
— sometimes used figuratively
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The movie dishes up [=serves up] a wild mix of sex and violence.
