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dish

UK/dɪʃ/ US/ˈdɪʃ/ common informal slang
noun (6) verb (2)

noun

1.

a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food

  • “we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present”
2.

a particular item of prepared food

  • “she prepared a special dish for dinner”
3.

the quantity that a dish will hold

  • “they served me a dish of rice”
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4.
5.
6.

an activity that you like or at which you are superior

  • “chemistry is not my cup of tea”
  • “his bag now is learning to play golf”
  • “marriage was scarcely his dish”
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verb

1.

provide (usually but not necessarily food)

  • “We serve meals for the homeless”
  • “She dished out the soup at 8 P.M.”
  • “The entertainers served up a lively show”
Synonyms
2.

Origin

From Middle English dissh, disch, from Old English disċ (“plate; bowl; dish”), from Proto-West Germanic *disk (“table; dish”) (whence also Proto-Slavic *dъska, whence Bulgarian дъска́ (dăská), Polish deska, Russian доска́ (doská)), Russian чан (čan)) from Latin discus. Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, disk, and diskos. Cognates Cognate with Scots disch (“dish; plate”), Dutch dis (“table”), German Low German Disk, Disch (“table”), German Tisch (“table”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish disk (“dish; counter”), Icelandic diskur (“dish; plate”), Finnish tiski (“desk, counter; dish”). Compare the identical meaning expansion (vessel for food, then also content of such a vessel, then also specific type of food): Bulgarian блю́до (bljúdo), Russian блю́до (bljúdo). For the roundness aspect, compare Polish rondel (“pan, saucepan”) (< Latin rotundus (whence also English round)), Slovene krožnik < krog. Also compare typologically Proto-Slavic *misъka << Latin mēnsa; Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax) (several meanings).

Phrases

  • assay dish
  • beauty dish
  • big ugly dish
  • butter dish
  • casserole dish
  • chafing dish
  • clack dish
  • cold dish
  • dish off
  • dish out
  • dish the dirt
  • dish up

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