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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
/ »åɪʃ /
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»å¾±²õ³óËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ü²Ô·»å±ð°ù·»å¾±²õ³ó noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog 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
Because the kitchen is unusable, Blanca has to wash her dishes in the bathtub, and she has improvised a cooking area with a gas camping stove in a corner of her living room.
Watching it is like seeing a waiter skip over with a covered silver platter, only to remove the top to reveal a watered-down, Cocomelon-level satire for iPad babies, dripping from the dish.
Related dishes like guacamole could also become more expensive.
Fish and chips is renowned as one of the nation's favourite dishes but in recent years spiralling costs have pushed up the price of the traditional fare.
It’s a beloved ingredient in French cuisine and many classic dishes, but it has fallen out of favor in contemporary cooking, especially in America.
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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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