dish
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 antenna. 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.
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.
Slang. to talk together informally, especially, to gossip.
dish out, Informal.
to serve (food) from a serving dish, pot, etc.
to deal out; distribute: She dished out our pay in silver dollars.
Idioms about dish
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.
Origin of dish
1Other words from dish
- un·der·dish, noun
Words Nearby dish
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How to use dish in a sentence
KitchenMate delivers new Meal-Pods once or twice a week, and teams can influence what gets delivered by voting on the dishes that they want.
No more long nights or gross sponges, trying to avoid dirty dishes in your sink.
Small dishwashers that fit in almost any kitchen | PopSci Commerce Team | August 25, 2020 | Popular-ScienceIf we have a hankering for a dish of pasta loaded with shaved truffles, we know where to go.
Investors continue to push global stocks into record territory | Bernhard Warner | August 24, 2020 | FortuneThen there are others who can’t so much as wash the dishes or make a sales call without first devising an optimal plan of attack.
A former student of “growth mindset” scholar Carol Dweck has identified a new mindset for success | Lila MacLellan | July 27, 2020 | QuartzA mouse is not a person, and brain cells in a dish do not make a brain.
What will astronauts need to survive the dangerous journey to Mars? | Maria Temming | July 15, 2020 | Science News
Caen was pitching and I was crouched behind the dish, catching.
Combine the beans and onion sauce in a 9x9-inch casserole dish and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole | Carla Hall | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTdish is the first and only provider to offer the Netflix app.
dish delivers a one-of-a-kind entertainment experience to every room of your home, wirelessly.
Add to that the dish Anywhere app, and you have instant access to the program guide and the ability to record shows on the go.
A dish of toads of the largest and most repulsive variety used to be offered one by one to the big man's relatives and guests.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsThis gift of rice was especially pleasing to the traveller, as no dish is held in higher honour in Korea.
Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. Pike"Perry Thomas guessed he was an embezzler," said Tim, putting the last dish in the cupboard and sitting down to his pipe.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydWhen our nosegay is ready, we lay the cone with the flowers very carefully in a dish of water.
The Nursery, July 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 1 | VariousYour electro-plated butter-dish, or whatever it's going to be, will be simply flung back at you.
First Plays | A. A. Milne
British Dictionary definitions for dish
/ (dɪʃ) /
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 called: dishful 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
to put into a dish
to make hollow or concave
British informal to ruin or spoil: he dished his chances of getting the job
Origin of dish
1Derived forms of dish
- dishlike, adjective
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with dish
In addition to the idioms beginning with dish
- dish out
- dish the dirt
also see:
- do the dishes
Also see underdishwater.
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