dish

Pluraldishes

Formsdishes, dishing, dished

1. 1
   nounmetonymicallycountable or uncountable

   A kind of food that is made and served as part of a meal.

   Pasta is my favorite dish to cook.

   The restaurant serves dishes from many countries.

   Similarcourse, recipe, specialty, plate

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2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A flat plate or shallow bowl used to hold or serve food.

   She put the warm vegetables in a big dish.

   He stacked the clean dishes on the shelf.

   Similarplate

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3. 3
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The food that fills a plate or bowl.

   He finished the whole dish in minutes.

   She offered me a taste of her dish.

   Similarplateful, dishful

4. 4
   nouncountable or uncountableplural

   Plates, cups, and forks that need to be washed after a meal.

   It's my turn to wash the dishes tonight.

   He stacked the wet dishes in the dish rack to dry.

   Similarcrockery, tableware

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5. 5
   verbtransitive

   To put food onto a plate or into a bowl in order to serve it.

   Like scooping food from a pot onto everyone's plate.

   She dished the stew onto warm plates.

   Please dish the rice while it's still hot.

   Similarserve, plate, spoon, ladle

6. 6
   verbslangtransitive or intransitive

   To share gossip about other people's private lives.

   Like passing along a fun secret about someone you both know.

   They love to dish about their coworkers at lunch.

   She dished about everything that happened at the party.

   Similargossip, spill, blab, tattle

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7. 7
   nounslanguncountable

   Talk and rumors about other people's private lives.

   Like the latest news about who likes who at school.

   Tell me all the dish about the new neighbor.

   She always has the latest dish from the office.

   Similargossip, scoop, lowdown, dirt, scuttlebutt

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8. 8
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A round, bowl-shaped antenna used to send or receive signals.

   Like a bowl turned toward the sky to catch signals from far away.

   They put a satellite dish on the roof.

   The dish picks up channels from far away.

   Similarantenna, aerial, reflector

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9. 9
   nounslangcountable or uncountable

   A very attractive, good-looking person.

   Everyone agreed the new lifeguard was a real dish.

   She thought her date was quite a dish.

   Similarbabe, fox

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10. 10
    nounslangcountable or uncountable

    In baseball, the flat marker at the spot where a batter stands to hit.

    The runner slid across the dish just ahead of the throw.

    He stood at the dish waiting for the next pitch.

    Similarplate

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