dish

//dɪʃ//
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Noun

dishSingular
dishesPlural
1

A shallow, typically flat-bottomed container for cooking or serving food.

She put the pasta in a large dish.

2

A particular variety or preparation of food served as part of a meal.

This restaurant serves many Italian dishes.

3

The food served in a dish; the contents of a dish.

This dish is delicious.

4

A shallow, concave receptacle, especially one used for a particular purpose.

She placed the soap in a small dish by the sink.

5

A sexually attractive person.

That new actor is such a dish!

Verb

1

To serve or put food into a dish or dishes.

She dished the pasta onto plates for everyone.

2

To gossip or share information, especially about other people.

They spent the afternoon dishing about their coworkers.

Synonym