Dish

  • 21dish — [[t]dɪ̱ʃ[/t]] ♦♦♦ dishes, dishing, dished 1) N COUNT A dish is a shallow container with a wide uncovered top. You eat and serve food from dishes and cook food in them. ...plastic bowls and dishes... Pile potatoes into a warm serving dish. 2) N… …

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  • 22dish — noun 1 container ADJECTIVE ▪ deep ▪ flat, shallow ▪ empty ▪ baking, roasting, serving …

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  • 23dish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plate, saucer, etc.; serving; recipe; (pl.) tableware. See receptacle, food. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Plate] Syn. vessel, bowl, platter, saucer, pottery, ceramic; see also china , plate 4 . Kinds of… …

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  • 24dish —   Pā, ipu; pā ipu (wooden dish in general).    ♦ Oval wooden dish, kāloa.    ♦ Oval dish, ipu poepoe, ipu poki.    ♦ Glass dish, pā aniani.    ♦ Iron dish or pan, pā hao.    ♦ Paper dish, pā pepa.    ♦ Wooden dish or tray, pā lā au.    ♦ Small… …

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  • 25dish — [[t]dɪʃ[/t]] n. 1) cer an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, etc., used esp. for holding or serving food 2) any container used at table 3) the food contained in a dish 4) coo a particular article or preparation of food: an easy …

    From formal English to slang

  • 26dish — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English disc plate, from Latin discus quoit, disk, dish, from Greek diskos, from dikein to throw Date: before 12th century 1. a. a more or less concave vessel from which food is served b. the contents… …

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  • 27dish — n. & v. n. 1 a a shallow, usu. flat bottomed container for cooking or serving food, made of glass, ceramics, metal, etc. b the food served in a dish (all the dishes were delicious). c a particular kind of food (a meat dish). 2 (in pl.) dirty… …

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  • 28dish — n. food served in a dish 1) a favorite; main; side dish container for food 2) a chafing dish * * * [dɪʃ] main side dish [ container for food ] a chafing dish [ food served in a dish ] a favorite …

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  • 29dish — {{11}}dish (n.) O.E. disc plate, bowl, platter, from L. discus dish, platter, quoit, from Gk. diskos disk, platter (see DISK (Cf. disk)). A common West Germanic borrowing; O.H.G. borrowed the word as tisc plate, but Ger. tisch now means table, in …

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  • 30dish — noun 1》 a shallow, flat bottomed container for cooking or serving food.     ↘(the dishes) all the items used in the preparation, serving, and eating of a meal.     ↘a shallow, concave receptacle: a soap dish.     ↘(also dish aerial) a bowl shaped …

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