Dish - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |dɪʃ|  American pronunciation of the word dish
Brit.  |dɪʃ|  British pronunciation of the word dish

noun

- a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present
- a particular item of prepared food
she prepared a special dish for dinner
- the quantity that a dish will hold
they served me a dish of rice
- a very attractive or seductive looking woman (syn: beauty, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, smasher, stunner, sweetheart)
- directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation (syn: saucer)
- an activity that you like or at which you are superior (syn: bag)
marriage was scarcely his dish

verb

- provide (usually but not necessarily food) (syn: dish out, dish up, serve)
She dished out the soup at 8 P.M.
- make concave; shape like a dish

Extra examples

Each person made a dish for the potluck supper.

The restaurant serves some of my favorite dishes.

We piled all the dishes in the sink after dinner.

Will you wash the breakfast dishes, please?

The two of them are always dishing about their coworkers.

...for someone who claims to mind her own business, she sure knows how to dish...

My output was not everybody's dish.

This story has been dished up in a hundred different ways.

He was completely dished.

The menu includes a wide selection of vegetarian dishes.

This soup is substantial enough to serve as a main dish (=the biggest part of a meal).

She's ready to dish on boys, beauty, and break-ups in her new column.

What a dish!

She dished out the soup at 8 P.M.

I'll have rice as a side dish.

Phrasal verbs

dish out  — administer or bestow, as in small portions
dish up  — provide (usually but not necessarily food)

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: dish
he/she/it: dishes
present participle: dishing
past tense: dished
past participle: dished
noun
singular: dish
plural: dishes
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