dish
dish Lexical Profile
dish Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A shallow, typically flat-bottomed container used for holding, cooking, or serving food.
"Please place your dirty dish in the sink after you finish eating."
A specific variety or preparation of food served as part of a meal.
"The restaurant is famous for a signature dish of spicy seafood pasta."
A bowl-shaped concave object or device, such as a directional antenna or satellite receiver.
"They installed a new satellite dish on the roof to improve their television reception."
• verb
To serve or distribute food by putting it onto plates or into bowls.
"It is time to dish the stew before it gets completely cold."
To gossip or share informal, often scandalous, personal information about someone.
"The friends met at the cafe to drink coffee and dish about their recent dates."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'disc' meaning a plate or bowl, derived from Latin 'discus' (a quoit or dish), which traces back to Greek 'diskos'.
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