dish

dish
I UK [dɪʃ] / US noun
Word forms "dish":
singular dish plural dishes
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1) [countable] an open container like a plate, but not as deep as a bowl, used for serving or cooking food

Place the fruit in a large shallow dish.

an ovenproof dish

a pie dish

a) the food contained in a dish
dish of:

Dishes of dried fruit and nuts were placed on the counter.

b) a container shaped like a dish

a soap dish

2) [countable] food prepared and cooked in a particular way

Do you have any vegetarian dishes?

Her favourite dish is roast chicken.

a variety of seafood dishes

dish of the day (= a special dish that is offered on a particular day in a restaurant):

The dish of the day is salmon fishcakes.

3) dishes
[plural] the plates, pans etc that have to be washed after preparing and serving a meal do/wash the dishes:

Who's going to do the dishes?

4) [countable] a round piece of equipment that sends or receives radio or television messages

a satellite dish

5) [singular] informal someone you think is sexually attractive
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II UK [dɪʃ] / US verb
Word forms "dish":
present tense I/you/we/they dish he/she/it dishes present participle dishing past tense dished past participle dished Phrasal verbs:

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  • Dish — (Oredish, d.h. »Erzschüssel«), engl. Maß für Bleierz, = 17,591 Lit., = 1/9 Load v. ca. 3 Cwts. Gewicht …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Dish — (engl., spr. disch, »Schüssel«) oder Oredish, engl. Maß für Bleierz = 17,591 l. 9 D. sind = 1 Load = 152,4 kg …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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