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dish

/dɪʃ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
  2. The contents of such a vessel.
  3. (metonym) A specific type of prepared food.
  4. (in the plural) 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.
  5. A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.
  6. A sexually attractive person.
  7. To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.
  8. To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.
  9. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish.
  10. To frustrate; to beat; to outwit or defeat.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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