dish

English

/dɪʃ/

noun
Definitions
  • A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
  • The contents of such a vessel.
  • (metonym) A specific type of prepared food.
  • (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.
  • (telecommunication) A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.
  • (slang) A sexually attractive person.
  • The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity.
  • A hollow place, as in a field.
  • (mining) A trough in which ore is measured.
  • (mining) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.
  • (slang) Gossip

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English dissh inherited from Old English disċ (bowl, dish, plate) inherited from *disk (dish, table) derived from Latin discus (disk, disc).

Origin

Latin

discus

Gloss

disk, disc

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