dishes
noun
- 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.
“a dish of stew”
- 3
(metonym) A specific type of prepared food.
“a vegetable dish”
- 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.
“It's your turn to wash the dishes.”
- 5
A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.
“radar dish”
- 6
A sexually attractive person.
- 7
The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity.
“the dish of a wheel”
- 8
A hollow place, as in a field.
- 9
A trough in which ore is measured.
- 10
That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.
- 11
Gossip
verb
- 1
To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.
“The restaurant dished up a delicious Italian brunch.”
- 2
To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.
- 3
To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish.
“to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes”
- 4
To frustrate; to beat; to outwit or defeat.
noun
- 1
Dishwashing
“After dinner they had to do the dishes.”
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