dish
noun
1. a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
- we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present
Definition categories: man–made, container, crockery, dishware
2. a particular item of prepared food
- she prepared a special dish for dinner
Definition categories: food, aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals
3. the quantity that a dish will hold
- they served me a dish of rice
Similar word(s): dishful
Definition categories: quantity, containerful
4. a very attractive or seductive looking woman
Similar word(s): beauty, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart
Definition categories: person, woman
5. directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation
Similar word(s): saucer
Definition categories: man–made
6. an activity that you like or at which you are superior
- marriage was scarcely his dish
Similar word(s): bag
Definition categories: act, activity
Sentences with dish as a noun:
- a dish of stew
- a vegetable dish
- this dish is filling and easily made
- It's your turn to wash the dishes.
- the dish of a wheel
verb
1. provide (usually but not necessarily food)
- She dished out the soup at 8 P.M.
Similar word(s): serve
Definition categories: consumption, cater, ply, provide, supply
2. make concave; shape like a dish
Definition categories: change, form, shape
Sentences with dish as a verb:
- The restaurant dished up a delicious Italian brunch.
- to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes