dish
A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
Other meanings
The contents of such a vessel.
“a dish of stew”
A specific type of prepared food.
“a vegetable dish”
Kinds of dish
- bowl
- butter dish
- gravy boat
- serving dish
- sugar bowl
- watch glass
Related words
- assay dish
- dish drainer
- assay-dish
- beauty dish
- big ugly dish
- butter dish
- casserole dish
- chafing dish
- clack dish
- cold dish
- covered-dish
- covered dish supper
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "disċ" (plate; bowl; dish).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “dish” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.