noun
dish
dihsh
noun
1
A shallow container used for serving or holding food.
"She set a dish of olives on the table."
2
A particular type of prepared food.
"The restaurant's signature dish is a spicy seafood stew."
3
A curved, bowl-shaped antenna used to receive signals.
"A satellite dish sat bolted to the roof."
verb
1
To serve food, especially onto plates.
"He dished up dinner for the whole family."
2
Informal: to share gossip or personal details.
"She dished all the details about the breakup."
How to Use Dish
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA plate or bowl, a type of food, or (informally) to serve food or spill gossip.
Common pairings
do the dishes
dish out
side dish
main dish
Word Forms
dished past tense, dishes plural, dishes singular
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Etymology
From Old English disc, from a West Germanic word for "table" or "dish," ultimately borrowed from Latin discus — the same root that gave us "desk" and "discus."