1 [C] a flat shallow container for cooking food in or serving it from:
a glass dish * an ovenproof dish * a baking / serving dish * They helped themselves from a large dish of pasta.
2 (the dishes) [pl.] the plates, bowls, cups, etc. that have been used for a meal and need to be washed:
I'll do the dishes (= wash them).
3 [C] food prepared in a particular way as part of a meal:
a vegetarian / fish dish * This makes an excellent hot main dish. * I can recommend the chef's dish of the day.
seealsoSIDEDISH
4 [C] any object that is shaped like a dish or bowl:
a soap dish
seealsoSATELLITEDISH
5 [C] (informal) a sexually attractive person:
What a dish!
Part of speech: verb
IDIOMS
dish the dirt (on sb) (informal) to tell people unkind or unpleasant things about sb, especially about their private life:
She loves to dish the dirt on her sisters.
PHRASALVERBS
dish it out (disapproving) to criticize other people:
He enjoys dishing it out, but he really can't take it (= cannot accept criticism from other people).
dish sth<->out
1 (informal) to give sth, often to a lot of people or in large amounts:
Students dished out leaflets to passers-by. * She's always dishing out advice, even when you don't want it.
2 to serve food onto plates for a meal:
Can you dish out the potatoes please?
dish up
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for dish is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is dish a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, dish is tagged as noun.
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