Dish

Quick meaning: Dish is a noun meaning A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.

Meaning

A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.

More Meanings

1. The contents of such a vessel.
2. (metonymic) A specific type of prepared food.
3. (telecommunications) A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.
4. (informal, dated, originally US) Something that fits someone's tastes, interests, or abilities.
5. (in the plural) Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.
6. (slang) A sexually attractive person.
7. (dated) The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity.

Example Sentences

a dish of stew

satellite dish

a vegetable dish

It's your turn to wash the dishes.

Word Forms

• dishes
• dishing
• dished

Synonyms for dish

Depending on context, synonyms include plate, dishful, plateful, affinity, bag, bent.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include saucer, dishful, bag, mantrap, peach, smasher.

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