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Dishes
/ˈdɪʃɪz/
A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
📖 Definitions of "Dishes"
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A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
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The contents of such a vessel.
"a dish of stew"
- 3
(metonym) A specific type of prepared food.
"a vegetable dish"
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(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."
- 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.
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To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish.
"to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes"
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To frustrate; to beat; to outwit or defeat.
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Dishwashing
"After dinner they had to do the dishes."
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