dish

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Pronunciation
/dɪʃ/
Noun
11 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

2 Definition

The contents of such a vessel.

Example Sentences
  • a dish of stew
3 Definition

(metonym) A specific type of prepared food.

Example Sentences
  • a vegetable dish
4 Definition

(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.

Example Sentences
  • It's your turn to wash the dishes.
5 Definition

A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.

Example Sentences
  • radar dish
6 Definition

A sexually attractive person.

7 Definition

The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity.

Example Sentences
  • the dish of a wheel
8 Definition

A hollow place, as in a field.

9 Definition

A trough in which ore is measured.

10 Definition

That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.

11 Definition

Gossip

Verb
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.

Example Sentences
  • The restaurant dished up a delicious Italian brunch.
2 Definition

To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.

3 Definition

To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish.

Example Sentences
  • to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes
4 Definition

To frustrate; to beat; to outwit or defeat.