dishes

/ˈdɪʃɪz/

noun

  1. 1

    A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.

  2. 2

    The contents of such a vessel.

    a dish of stew
  3. 3

    (metonym) A specific type of prepared food.

    a vegetable dish
  4. 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. 5

    A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.

    radar dish
  6. 6

    A sexually attractive person.

  7. 7

    The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity.

    the dish of a wheel
  8. 8

    A hollow place, as in a field.

  9. 9

    A trough in which ore is measured.

  10. 10

    That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.

  11. 11

    Gossip

verb

  1. 1

    To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.

    The restaurant dished up a delicious Italian brunch.
  2. 2

    To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.

  3. 3

    To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish.

    to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes
  4. 4

    To frustrate; to beat; to outwit or defeat.

noun

  1. 1

    Dishwashing

    After dinner they had to do the dishes.

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