dish en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /dɪʃ/
- (US) audio
- dĭsh
Etymology
From Middle English dissh, disch, from Old English disċ (“plate; bowl; dish”), from Proto-West Germanic *disk (“table; dish”) (whence also Proto-Slavic *dъska, whence Bulgarian дъска́ (dăská), Polish deska, Russian доска́ (doská)), Russian чан (čan)) from Latin discus. Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, disk, and diskos. Cognates Cognate with Scots disch (“dish; plate”), Dutch dis (“table”), German Low German Disk, Disch (“table”), German Tisch (“table”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish disk (“dish; counter”), Icelandic diskur (“dish; plate”), Finnish tiski (“desk, counter; dish”). Compare the identical meaning expansion (vessel for food, then also content of such a vessel, then also specific type of food): Bulgarian блю́до (bljúdo), Russian блю́до (bljúdo). For the roundness aspect, compare Polish rondel (“pan, saucepan”) (< Latin rotundus (whence also English round)), Slovene krožnik < krog. Also compare typologically Proto-Slavic *misъka << Latin mēnsa; Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax) (several meanings).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
She brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges v:25:
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(countable, uncountable) The contents of such a vessel.
a dish of stew
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(countable, metonymically, uncountable) A specific type of prepared food.
Let's carve him a dish fit for the gods
1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:this dish is filling and easily made
a vegetable dish
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(countable, in-plural, uncountable) 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.
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(countable, uncountable) A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.
radar dish
satellite dish
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(countable, dated, informal, uncountable) Something that fits someone's tastes, interests, or abilities.
Literacy is not every man’s dish. A teacher trying to persuade Arab men in North Africa to let their wives learn to read so that they can write letters was pointedly asked by one husband: “To whom?”
1965 November 19, “Illiteracy: The Uncomprehending 40%”, in Time, volume 86, number 21, page 67:Going to the club is not my dish.
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(countable, slang, uncountable) A sexually attractive person.
Have you seen the new apothecary? I think her name is Sadie. What a dish!
1993, Westwood Studios, Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos, Virgin Games:quite a dish
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(countable, dated, uncountable) The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity.
the dish of a wheel
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(countable, uncountable) A hollow place, as in a field.
He and Stratemeier raced across the flats and dropped into the canyon, climbed swiftly through it and came out at the topside trail , which went straight south through the timber until it dropped into a small grassy dish surrounded by rock peaks.
1987 02, Brian Garfield, The Arizonans, Bantam, →ISBN:As I topped the ridge I missed my first shot at a sharptail that flushed from a grassy dish.
1980, Nebraskaland:Daylight revealed that the so-called summit was near the edge of a shallow, stony dish, which terminated abruptly in steep slopes, and actually offered poor fields of fire.
2006 September 14, Richard Holmes, Martin Marix Evans, A Guide to Battles: Decisive Conflicts in History, OUP Oxford, →ISBN:
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(countable, slang, uncountable) The home plate.
At the plate, Graham pounded the dish three times, just like Bubbles did whenever he was up, […]
2009, Loren Long, Phil Bildner, Magic in the Outfield, page 40:Also, if you end up getting to the baseball, your pitcher needs to be covering home plate, which pitchers occasionally forget to do. However, if the ball stays near the dish and you have a pitcher on the mound who isn't a space-case, you've got a good shot to get the runner out.
2014, Conor Kelley, The Catcher's Handbook, page 87:He said, "I don't like your chances at the dish [home plate] tonight."
2008, Paul Byrd, Free Byrd: The Power of a Liberated Life, page 4:
- (archaic, countable, uncountable) A trough in which ore is measured.
- (archaic, countable, uncountable) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.
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(slang, uncountable) Gossip.
We've been a very lucky community: We've had GCN to collect our deep dish and write it up as political discourse. GCN is not just another clipboard of polite press releases. GCN is the sticky questions, the sweet moments, and the dirty stories that make up our lives.
1989 December 24, Abe Rybeck, “Liberation Without Permission, Pleasure Without Apology”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 24, page 5:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dishes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
dishless · big ugly dish · revenge is a dish best served cold · dishwater · dish pig · main dish · assay-dish · sidedish · dish aerial · dishwasher · piedish · butter dish · dish drainer · covered dish supper · dishtowel · dish bitch · dish stand · chafing dish · kidney dish · dish pit · dishcloth · saucedish · dish detergent · dishlicker · snuff-dish · monkey dish · soap dish · dishboard · pie-dish beetle · dishwashing · dish-face · dish antenna · dishmop · serving dish · fluorodish · dishpan · recipe dish · dishy · dishowner · casserole dish · side dish · dishmaking · deep-dish · deep dish · pizza dish · multidish · dish-faced · dish soap · dishware · evaporating dish · tundish · covered-dish · dish towel · dish TV · microdish · Petri dish · dish-cloth · cold dish · clack dish · dish garden · dish cloth · dishmaker · dish dog · made dish · lickdish · oven dish · petri dish · deep-dish pizza · soapdish · dish washer · dishclout · washdish · assay dish · dishrag · do the dishes · beauty dish · satellite dish · two-dish rice · lick-dish · hotdish · minidish · tolldish · dish liquid · dishrack · dished · dishlike · dish rack
Descendants
Synonyms
shine · plate · jam · predilection · love · liking · dishful · cup of tea · proclivity · plateful · taste · propensity · plate · cup of joe · preference · fancy · fox · cup of tea · bag · tilt · cup of coffee · affinity · predisposition · penchant · thing · bent · dish · propension · babe · partiality
Translations (417)
bg блю́до (vessel for holding/serving food) · tr aş (specific type of food) · pdt Schiew (vessel for holding/serving food) · ota صحن (contents of such a vessel) · et roog (specific type of food) · bg блю́до (specific type of food) · bg я́стие (specific type of food) · pl naczynie (tableware to be/being washed) · ka საინი (vessel for holding/serving food) · hi तबक़ (vessel for holding/serving food) · fi namupala (slang: sexually attractive person) · uk тарі́лка (vessel for holding/serving food) · io manjajo (specific type of food) · ko 디시 (type of antenna) · ko 디시 (specific type of food) · cs jídlo (specific type of food) · sh тањир (contents of such a vessel) · fi ruokalaji (specific type of food) · hi खाना (specific type of food) · zdj shanu (vessel for holding/serving food) · lo ຈານ (vessel for holding/serving food) · eo plado (contents of such a vessel) · nn matrett (specific type of food) · it vivanda (specific type of food) · sh jȅlo (specific type of food) · ru блю́до (contents of such a vessel) · rif macca (specific type of food) · de Süße (slang: sexually attractive person) · ba ашамлыҡ (specific type of food) · krl luota (vessel for holding/serving food) · la patella (vessel for holding/serving food) · fr plat (vessel for holding/serving food) · sv fat (vessel for holding/serving food) · ko 료리 (specific type of food) · ms pinggan (vessel for holding/serving food) · id masakan (specific type of food) · he כֵּלִים (tableware to be/being washed) · gsw Täller (vessel for holding/serving food) · it piatto (vessel for holding/serving food) · zdj sahani (vessel for holding/serving food) · gsw Gschirr (tableware to be/being washed) · ca vaixella (tableware to be/being washed) · eu plater (vessel for holding/serving food) · tr çanak (type of antenna) · lv ēdiens (specific type of food) · ru таре́лка (vessel for holding/serving food) · fi annos (contents of such a vessel) · nl vaat (tableware to be/being washed) · izh astia (vessel for holding/serving food) · uk тарі́лка (type of antenna) · sw bakuli (vessel for holding/serving food) · ba һауыт-һаба (tableware to be/being washed) · be стра́ва (contents of such a vessel) · fa-ira بُشْقاب (vessel for holding/serving food) · ka თეფში (vessel for holding/serving food) · tg бушқоб (vessel for holding/serving food) · ilo pinggan (vessel for holding/serving food) · gv skaaley (vessel for holding/serving food) · la paropsis (vessel for holding/serving food) · ota پیاطه (vessel for holding/serving food) · fr plat (contents of such a vessel) · ps پېشقاب (vessel for holding/serving food) · kk табақ (vessel for holding/serving food) · cdo 碟碟 (vessel for holding/serving food) · sh tànjūr (contents of such a vessel) · pt prato (specific type of food) · nl stoot (slang: sexually attractive person) · hu tányér (contents of such a vessel) · de Bomber (slang: sexually attractive person) · oj onaagan (vessel for holding/serving food) · fi tarjoiluvati (vessel for holding/serving food) · sq gjellë (specific type of food) · is diskur (vessel for holding/serving food) · eo telero (vessel for holding/serving food) · yue 碟仔 (vessel for holding/serving food) · fa-ira طَبَق (vessel for holding/serving food) · tg хӯрок (specific type of food) · gan 碟子 (vessel for holding/serving food) · de Gericht (contents of such a vessel) · da ret (specific type of food) · atv табак (vessel for holding/serving food) · wuu 碟子 (vessel for holding/serving food) · gv bee (specific type of food) · mww lub phaj (vessel for holding/serving food) · ru ку́шанье (specific type of food) · hak 碟仔 (vessel for holding/serving food) · sq enë (vessel for holding/serving food) · hy պնակ (vessel for holding/serving food) · mhn kost (specific type of food) · ky тамак (vessel for holding/serving food) · tk tabak (vessel for holding/serving food) · eo plado (specific type of food) · gl prato (vessel for holding/serving food) · ur طَبَق (vessel for holding/serving food) · fi astiat (tableware to be/being washed) · nv łeetsʼaaʼ (vessel for holding/serving food) · zza fraq (vessel for holding/serving food) · cmn 菜 (contents of such a vessel) · ja 料理 (specific type of food) · cs pokrm (specific type of food) · br meuz (specific type of food) · ug لېگەن (vessel for holding/serving food) · ur طَباق (vessel for holding/serving food) · sl posoda (tableware to be/being washed) · arz طبق (vessel for holding/serving food) · ceb plato (vessel for holding/serving food) · sh sùđe (tableware to be/being washed) · ru посу́да (tableware to be/being washed) · grc ἔδεσμα (specific type of food) · la lanx (vessel for holding/serving food) · sv parabol (type of antenna) · sh tanjir (vessel for holding/serving food) · uz lagan (vessel for holding/serving food) · fa-ira قاب (vessel for holding/serving food) · chr ᎤᎿᏩ (vessel for holding/serving food) · th อาหาร (specific type of food) · id piring (vessel for holding/serving food) · tg таом (specific type of food) · fa-ira غَذا (specific type of food) · ota طباق (vessel for holding/serving food) · fa-ira طَعام (specific type of food) · nb rett (specific type of food) · uz likop (vessel for holding/serving food) · eu jaki (specific type of food) · sv maträtt (specific type of food) · ja 皿 (vessel for holding/serving food) · fr canon (slang: sexually attractive person) · uk по́суд (tableware to be/being washed) · tl pinggan (vessel for holding/serving food) · ro vas (tableware to be/being washed) · ur قاب (vessel for holding/serving food) · alt табак (vessel for holding/serving food) · ps پشقاب (vessel for holding/serving food) · ms santapan (specific type of food) · hu tányér (tableware to be/being washed) · tr taam (specific type of food) · uz taom (specific type of food) · la catīnus (vessel for holding/serving food) · sh та̀њӯр (vessel for holding/serving food) · nl taloor (vessel for holding/serving food) · lo ອາຫານ (specific type of food) · uk стра́ва (contents of such a vessel) · fi astia (vessel for holding/serving food) · nl bord (contents of such a vessel) · ro antenă parabolică (type of antenna) · la catillus (vessel for holding/serving food) · hu parabolaantenna (type of antenna) · is réttur (specific type of food) · vi món ăn (specific type of food) · hu edény (vessel for holding/serving food) · ar طَبَق (vessel for holding/serving food) · pt prato (vessel for holding/serving food) · uk блю́до (vessel for holding/serving food) · dng дезы (vessel for holding/serving food) · ru ми́ска (vessel for holding/serving food) · af bord (vessel for holding/serving food) · ca vaixella (vessel for holding/serving food) · uk стра́ва (specific type of food) · fr plat (specific type of food) · be патра́ва (contents of such a vessel) · vi món (specific type of food) · km ចាន (vessel for holding/serving food) · cs mísa (vessel for holding/serving food) · de Abwasch (tableware to be/being washed) · bg я́дене (specific type of food) · it scodella (vessel for holding/serving food) · ga pláta (vessel for holding/serving food) · kk тамақ (vessel for holding/serving food) · pl półmisek (vessel for holding/serving food) · ast platu (specific type of food) · ru таре́лка (type of antenna) · az xörək (specific type of food) · hu edény (tableware to be/being washed) · lt dubuo (vessel for holding/serving food) · de Süßer (slang: sexually attractive person) · az boşqab (vessel for holding/serving food) · es plato (specific type of food) · ba тәрилкә (vessel for holding/serving food) · de Teller (vessel for holding/serving food) · eo plado (vessel for holding/serving food) · ka კერძი (specific type of food) · da madret (specific type of food) · cmn 菜 (specific type of food) · lt valgis (specific type of food) · ca antena parabòlica (type of antenna) · sh су̀ђе (tableware to be/being washed) · lt lėkštė (vessel for holding/serving food) · tr tanner (vessel for holding/serving food) · ba табаҡ (vessel for holding/serving food) · pl naczynie (vessel for holding/serving food) · es platillo (specific type of food) · he צַלַּחַת (type of antenna) · lv šķīvis (vessel for holding/serving food) · ky талиңке (vessel for holding/serving food) · el πιάτο (vessel for holding/serving food) · tk tarýelka (vessel for holding/serving food) · de Schüssel (vessel for holding/serving food) · fa-ira خوراک (specific type of food) · ar صَحْن (vessel for holding/serving food) · grc πίναξ (vessel for holding/serving food) · ps بشقاب (vessel for holding/serving food) · fi tiskit (tableware to be/being washed) · ka საჭმელი (specific type of food) · fi lautanen (vessel for holding/serving food) · cop ⲗⲓϫⲓ (vessel for holding/serving food) · pl danie (specific type of food) · ur ڈِش (type of antenna) · de Geschirr (tableware to be/being washed) · ms mangkuk (vessel for holding/serving food) · sv rätt (specific type of food) · be тале́рка (type of antenna) · mk танир (vessel for holding/serving food) · uk ми́ска (vessel for holding/serving food) · rif tazewḍa (vessel for holding/serving food) · sv tallrik (vessel for holding/serving food) · el πιάτο (specific type of food) · ar طَبَق (contents of such a vessel) · mi kamenga (specific type of food) · cmn 碟子 (vessel for holding/serving food) · es antena parabólica (type of antenna) · mnp 碟仔 (vessel for holding/serving food) · pt prato (contents of such a vessel) · id parabola (type of antenna) · hu tál (contents of such a vessel) · hi डिश (type of antenna) · my အာဟာရ (specific type of food) · sv parabolantenn (type of antenna) · be тале́рка (vessel for holding/serving food) · ca plat (contents of such a vessel) · yue 碟 (vessel for holding/serving food) · he מַאֲכָל (specific type of food) · bg чини́я (type of antenna) · it pietanza (specific type of food) · ast platu (vessel for holding/serving food) · izh malja (vessel for holding/serving food) · pt gostosa (slang: sexually attractive person) · da tallerken (vessel for holding/serving food) · bg съ́дове (tableware to be/being washed) · nb matrett (specific type of food) · pl danie (contents of such a vessel) · ru еда́ (specific type of food) · az yemək (specific type of food) · ko 접시 (vessel for holding/serving food) · km ម្ហូប (specific type of food) · sk tanier (vessel for holding/serving food) · hi तबक (vessel for holding/serving food) · hu étel (specific type of food) · fa-ira دیش (type of antenna) · sh тањир (vessel for holding/serving food) · es parabólica (type of antenna) · sl krožnik (type of antenna) · sh tànjūr (vessel for holding/serving food) · be блю́да (vessel for holding/serving food) · hi प्लेट (vessel for holding/serving food) · th จาน (vessel for holding/serving food) · de Schüssel (type of antenna) · nl gerecht (contents of such a vessel) · kk тәрелке (vessel for holding/serving food) · it piatto fondo (vessel for holding/serving food) · it piatto (contents of such a vessel) · gl louza (tableware to be/being washed) · gl prato (contents of such a vessel) · pl talerz (vessel for holding/serving food) · mk чинија (vessel for holding/serving food) · km អាហារ (specific type of food) · ja ディッシュ (specific type of food) · grc πινάκιον (vessel for holding/serving food) · de Radarantenne (type of antenna) · es vajilla (tableware to be/being washed) · gsw Gricht (contents of such a vessel) · cs talíř (vessel for holding/serving food) · nan-hbl 碟仔 (vessel for holding/serving food) · et kauss (vessel for holding/serving food) · ur بُشْقاب (vessel for holding/serving food) · nl bord (vessel for holding/serving food) · be стра́ва (specific type of food) · fr mets (specific type of food) · tr tabak (contents of such a vessel) · uz likopcha (vessel for holding/serving food) · ro vas (specific type of food) · it piatto (specific type of food) · de Bombe (slang: sexually attractive person) · et taldrik (vessel for holding/serving food) · mi rīhi (vessel for holding/serving food) · uz tarelka (vessel for holding/serving food) · sl jed (specific type of food) · pt louça (tableware to be/being washed) · hi थाली (vessel for holding/serving food) · mn таваг (vessel for holding/serving food) · es vajilla (vessel for holding/serving food) · it piatti (tableware to be/being washed) · tk tarelka (vessel for holding/serving food) · de Satellitenschüssel (type of antenna) · pl potrawa (specific type of food) · kmr aman (vessel for holding/serving food) · sl krožnik (vessel for holding/serving food) · kxd kudut (vessel for holding/serving food) · cmn 盤子 /盘子 (vessel for holding/serving food) · hu fogás (specific type of food) · la ferculum (specific type of food) · it parabola (type of antenna) · hi पकवान (specific type of food) · el πιάτα (tableware to be/being washed) · nl gerecht (specific type of food) · et toit (specific type of food) · gd soitheach (vessel for holding/serving food) · tr yemek (specific type of food) · pl potrawa (contents of such a vessel) · nb tallerken (vessel for holding/serving food) · ckb دەوری (vessel for holding/serving food) · tg табақча (vessel for holding/serving food) · ota پیاطه (contents of such a vessel) · be пасу́да (tableware to be/being washed) · hy ուտեստ (specific type of food) · zza şam (specific type of food) · gd mias (vessel for holding/serving food) · tg ғизо (specific type of food) · fi vati (vessel for holding/serving food) · nb asjett (vessel for holding/serving food) · ja 食事 (specific type of food) · ja ディッシュ (type of antenna) · ug تاماق (specific type of food) · de Speise (contents of such a vessel) · vi chảo (type of antenna) · cy llestr (vessel for holding/serving food) · fi vadillinen (contents of such a vessel) · ko 접시 (contents of such a vessel) · he מָנָה (contents of such a vessel) · pl antena satelitarna (type of antenna) · nn rett (specific type of food) · ug تائام (specific type of food) · ky тарелка (vessel for holding/serving food) · mn хоол (specific type of food) · fa-ira دیس (vessel for holding/serving food) · ro farfurie (vessel for holding/serving food) · tl putahe (specific type of food) · de Wucht (slang: sexually attractive person) · az taam (specific type of food) · es loza (tableware to be/being washed) · gl prato (specific type of food) · pl talerz (type of antenna) · pl gary (tableware to be/being washed) · arz صحن (vessel for holding/serving food) · zza frak (tableware to be/being washed) · sh та̀њӯр (contents of such a vessel) · uz ovqat (specific type of food) · mk јадење (specific type of food) · fr vaisselle (tableware to be/being washed) · hsn 碟子 (vessel for holding/serving food) · cjy 碟碟 (vessel for holding/serving food) · kk тағам (specific type of food) · tr bulașık (tableware to be/being washed) · tg табақ (vessel for holding/serving food) · tl plato (vessel for holding/serving food) · my ပန်းကန်ပြား (specific type of food) · ur تھالی (vessel for holding/serving food) · km មុខ (specific type of food) · bn থালা (vessel for holding/serving food) · de Radarschüssel (type of antenna) · ar طَعَام (specific type of food) · fr assiette (vessel for holding/serving food) · ota صحن (vessel for holding/serving food) · ba ризыҡ (specific type of food) · cs miska (vessel for holding/serving food) · fr parabole (type of antenna) · is matarréttur (specific type of food) · ru блю́до (specific type of food) · ky тамак (specific type of food) · ast platu (contents of such a vessel) · es plato (contents of such a vessel) · kk ас (specific type of food) · sk pokrm (specific type of food) · fi astiallinen (dishful of) (contents of such a vessel) · ja 皿 (contents of such a vessel) · hu műholdvevő (type of antenna) · zza çanak (type of antenna) · sh је̏ло (specific type of food) · ms sajian (specific type of food) · ko 요리 (specific type of food) · de Gericht (specific type of food) · ru блю́до (vessel for holding/serving food) · ug تەخسە (vessel for holding/serving food) · cs nádobí (tableware to be/being washed) · bg блю́до (contents of such a vessel) · lv bļoda (vessel for holding/serving food) · de Parabolantenne (type of antenna) · mt pjanċa (vessel for holding/serving food) · gv jyst (vessel for holding/serving food) · et plaat (vessel for holding/serving food) · pt parabólica (type of antenna) · tt тәлинкә (vessel for holding/serving food) · id pinggan (vessel for holding/serving food) · sh tanjir (contents of such a vessel) · fi lautasellinen (contents of such a vessel) · ota طباق (contents of such a vessel) · ca plat (specific type of food) · ur کھانا (specific type of food) · pt louça (vessel for holding/serving food) · ilo plato (vessel for holding/serving food) · hu mosogatnivaló (tableware to be/being washed) · he צַלַּחַת (vessel for holding/serving food) · ko 식사 (specific type of food) · fi lautasantenni (type of antenna) · ba ҡашығаяҡ (tableware to be/being washed) · oc vaissèla (vessel for holding/serving food) · hy ափսե (vessel for holding/serving food) · be патра́ва (specific type of food) · tr tabak (vessel for holding/serving food) · sk jedlo (specific type of food) · grc λοπάς (vessel for holding/serving food) · be мі́ска (vessel for holding/serving food) · my ပန်းကန် (vessel for holding/serving food) · hu tányér (vessel for holding/serving food) · sk miska (vessel for holding/serving food) · et söök (specific type of food) · bg чини́я (vessel for holding/serving food) · vi đĩa (vessel for holding/serving food)