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Dish Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Dish?
[n] an activity that you like or at which you are superior; "chemistry is not my cup of tea"; "his bag now is learning to play golf"; "marriage was scarcely his dish"
[n] 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" [n] directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation [n] [n] a very attractive or seductive looking woman [n] the quantity that a dish will hold; "they served me a dish of rice" [v] make concave; shape like a dish [v] provide (usually but not necessarily food); "We serve meals for the homeless"; "She dished out the soup at 8 P.M."; "The entertainers served up a lively show" Synonyms | Synonyms for Dish: bag | beauty | cup of tea | dish aerial | dish antenna | dish out | dish up | dishful | knockout | looker | lulu | mantrap | peach | ravisher | serve | serve up | smasher | stunner | sweetheart Related Terms | Find terms related to Dish: antepast | autoclave | babble | baffle | bail | balk | billy | blast | boil | bowl | brave | broil | bucket | cackle | caddy | cage | can | canister | casserole | cave | cave in | challenge | chat | checkmate | china | chinaware | circumvent | clack | coaster | compote | concave | confound | confront | contravene | cook | counter | counteract | countermand | counterwork | course | cover | crock | cross | crucible | culinary masterpiece | culinary preparation | cup | dash | decant | defeat | defy | dessert | destroy | dip | discomfit | disconcert | discountenance | dish out | dish up | disrupt | dither | do for | do in | elude | entree | entremets | fix | flummox | foil | fork | frustrate | fry | gab | gallipot | garbage can | gas | grill | help | helping | hod | holdall | hollow | hollow out | hopper | incurve | jaw | knock out | knock the chocks | KO | ladle | magazine | main dish | mortar | mortarboard | nonplus | pail | palette | patera | perplex | pitcher | place | plate | platter | portion | pour | powder horn | prattle | retire | retreat | roast | ruin | sabotage | salver | saucer | scoop | scotch | scuttle | second helping | service | serving | settle | shoot down | shovel | side dish | sink | slop pail | spade | spike | spoil | spoon | stonewall | stump | tableware | thwart | tin | torpedo | trash can | tray | trencher | undo | upset | vat | waiter | wastepaper basket | watering can | yak See Also | activity | adobo | adult female | aliment | alimentation | apple sauce | applesauce | bacon and eggs | baked egg | barbecue | barbecued spareribs | barbecued wing | barbeque | beef Bourguignonne | beef Wellington | Belgian beef stew | bitok | boat | boeuf Bourguignonne | boiled dinner | boiled egg | Boston baked beans | bowl | bubble and squeak | buffalo wing | butter dish | cake | cannelloni | carbonnade flamande | casserole | casserole | cater | chicken and rice | chicken cordon bleu | chicken Marengo | coddled egg | container | containerful | coq au vin | coquille | crockery | curry | custard | deviled egg | directional antenna | dishware | dropped egg | egg en cocotte | escalope de veau Orloff | filet de boeuf en croute | fish finger | fish stick | fixings | form | fried egg | gravy boat | ingredient | Maryland chicken | meal | microwave radar | moo goo gai pan | mousse | New England boiled dinner | nourishment | nutriment | nutrition | omelet | omelette | paella | patty | Petri dish | piece de resistance | plank | plate | platter | ply | poached egg | provide | pudding | radar | radio detection and ranging | radio reflector | radio telescope | radiolocation | ramekin | ramequin | repast | salad | sandwich plate | sauce | sauceboat | saucer | scanner | scrambled egg | serving dish | shape | shirred egg | side dish | snack food | souffle | soup | spareribs | special | stew | stuffed egg | sugar bowl | supply | sustenance | timbale | topping | veal cordon bleu | veal parmesan | veal parmigiana | viand | victuals | watch glass | woman Dish In Webster's Dictionary \Dish\, n. [AS. disc, L. discus dish, disc, quoit, fr. Gr.
? quoit, fr. ? to throw. Cf. {Dais}, {Desk}, {Disc},
{Discus}.]
1. A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving
up food at the table.
She brought forth butter in a lordly dish. --Judg.
v. 25.
2. The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of
food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish. ``A
dish fit for the gods.'' --Shak.
Home-home dishes that drive one from home. --Hood.
3. The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree
of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel.
4. A hollow place, as in a field. --Ogilvie.
5. (Mining)
(a) A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in
which ore is measured.
(b) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to
the land owner or proprietor.
\Dish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dishing}.] 1. To put in a dish, ready for the table. 2. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes. 3. To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. [Low] {To dish out}. 1. To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table. 2. (Arch.) To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood. {To dish up}, to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc., and put in dishes to be served at table. |
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