dishedadj.
/dɪʃt/ a. Put in a dish.
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1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 241 They use Disht wheat with milk.
b. Shaped like a dish; made slightly concave.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > concave > slightly
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1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. i. 37 The Soles..a little hollow or dished.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 372 Dished wheels..have many..excellences.
1878 Trans. Dept. Agric. State Illinois 1876 14 210 The head was short and fine, with a dished face and rather thin jowls.
1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 21 The face..‘stag-faced’ or ‘dished’.
1958 Daily Mail 19 Aug. 4/8 The least we can do..is to adopt ‘dished’ steering wheels on all cars.
1962 Which? Car Suppl. Jan. 4/2 Dished, when used for a steering wheel, means that the centre hub is lower than the rim.
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c. slang: see dish v.1 7.
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