dish

[ dish ]

/ dɪʃ /

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 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.

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 Phrases

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 for 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

before 900; Middle English; Old English disc dish, plate, bowl (akin to German Tisch table) < Latin discus dish, discus

OTHER WORDS FROM dish

un·der·dish, noun

Words nearby dish

disgruntled, disguise, disgust, disgustful, disgusting, dish, dish aerial, dish antenna, dish gravy, dish night, dish out

Example sentences from the Web for dish

Caen was pitching and I was crouched behind the dish, catching.

Mario Cuomo, Always Moving Us Toward the Light |Mike Barnicle |January 4, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
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.

Four TV Shows We Can’t Wait to Return In 2015 |DISH |December 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
DISH delivers a one-of-a-kind entertainment experience to every room of your home, wirelessly.

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DISH is the first and only provider to offer the Netflix app.

Four TV Shows We Can’t Wait to Return In 2015 |DISH |December 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

She came to the Latke Festival because she loved any dish so based around the potato.

I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed |Emily Shire |December 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Cut rather thin, lay on a gridiron over hot coals; when hot through, lay on a dish, and pepper well.

Housekeeping in Old Virginia |Marion Cabell Tyree
I know not what dish we should have relished better p. 138than our turnips and chestnuts.

Palissy the Huguenot Potter |C. L. Brightwell
And Codgskin Dono sent me a chist figges, 10 bundell of wobi, and a dish musk millians; and a merchant brought me a dish grapes.

Diary of Richard Cocks Vol. I |Richard Cocks
Remove the upper crust of pastry and fill the dish with the oysters and gravy.

The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) |Mrs. F.L. Gillette
Miss Stanbury was standing up as she said this,—as she always did on such occasions, liking to have a full mastery over the dish.

He Knew He Was Right |Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for dish

dish

/ (dɪʃ) /

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 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

verb (tr)

to put into a dish

to make hollow or concave

British informal to ruin or spoil he dished his chances of getting the job

Derived forms of dish

dishlike, adjective

Word Origin for dish

Old English disc, from Latin discus quoit, see disc

Idioms and Phrases with dish

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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