Dish Definition
dĭsh
dished, dishes, dishing
noun
dishes
Any container, generally rounded, shallow, and concave and of porcelain, earthenware, glass, plastic, etc. for serving or holding food.
Webster's New World
Plates, bowls, saucers, cups, etc., collectively.
Webster's New World
The containers and often the utensils used when eating.
Took out the dishes and silverware; washed the dishes.
American Heritage
A shallow concave container used for purposes other than eating.
An evaporating dish.
American Heritage
The food in a dish.
Webster's New World
verb
dished, dishes, dishing
To be or become dish-shaped; cave in.
Webster's New World
To serve (food) in a dish.
Webster's New World
To present.
Dished up an excellent entertainment.
American Heritage
To shape (an object, surface, or hole) like a dish: make concave.
Webster's New World
To gossip, esp. disparagingly.
Webster's New World
idiom
dish it out
- To deal out criticism or abuse.
American Heritage
dish it out
- to subject others to difficulty, criticism, hardship, ridicule, etc.
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Dish
- dish it out
- dish it out
Origin of Dish
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From Old English disc from West Proto-Germanic *diskaz, cognate with Latin discus. Cognate with Dutch disch (“table”), German Tisch (“table”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English disc from Latin discus disk
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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