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dish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA /dɪʃ/

Noun

dish noun

  1. A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
  2. The contents of such a vessel.“a dish of stew”
  3. (metonym) A specific type of prepared food.“a vegetable dish”
  4. (in the plural) Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.“It's your turn to wash the dishes.”

Verb

dish verb

  1. To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.“The restaurant dished up a delicious Italian brunch.”
  2. To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.
  3. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish.“to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes”
  4. To frustrate; to beat; to outwit or defeat.

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