vegetable dishn.1
/ˈvɛdʒ(ᵻ)təbl ˌdɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈvɛdʒtəb(ə)l ˌdɪʃ/, /ˈvɛdʒədəb(ə)l ˌdɪʃ/ An item, article, or variety of prepared food made from or consisting of vegetables.In quot. 1751: a dish that contains no meat.
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vegetable dish1751
1751 G. Cleghorn Observ. Epidemical Dis. Minorca iii. 176 Panada and other vegetable Dishes are..agreeable to the Generality of the Sick.
1811 La Belle Assemblée July 36/1 Nor is it less curious that some of the species of sallads should be of such modern use in England, when some of them..are of great antiquity as a vegetable dish.
1879 Gardener's Monthly Sept. 262/2 The young and tender leaves, when cooked, furnish a vegetable dish similar to our cabbage.
1957 Boys' Life July 52/2 As a vegetable dish or thickening for soup, milkweed pods are edible until they become tough and fibrous.
2007 J. F. Rooney Rice Queen Spy xvi. 85 They ordered..bowls of chicken vegetable soup, fried chicken, a vegetable dish like chow mein, and pla pla.
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vegetable dishn.2
/ˈvɛdʒ(ᵻ)təbl dɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈvɛdʒtəb(ə)l ˌdɪʃ/, /ˈvɛdʒədəb(ə)l ˌdɪʃ/ A dish used to hold vegetables.
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the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > other types of dish
spice-plate1391
pie plate1573
maple dish1637
cheese platea1665
supper dish1664
copperplate1665
reaming dish1712
paper plate1723
pickle leaf1762
pap-boat1782
supper1787
vegetable dish1799
well-dish1814
ice plate1820
pudding plate1838
tea plate1862
picnic plate1885
strawberry dish1941
1799 True Briton 4 Mar. 4/3 Tureens, bowls, soup and meat plates, sauce boats, sallad and vegetable dishes and covers.
1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 14 Two vegetable dishes.
1882 Handbk. Domest. Cookery xxiii. 260/1 Serve, cut in squares, in a vegetable dish.
1921 M. L. Matthews Elem. Home Econ. ii. iii. 259 Sprinkle with pepper. Serve in a warm vegetable-dish.
1996 Birmingham (Alabama) News (Nexis) 16 Sept. 6 d I would like to buy one covered vegetable dish and one vegetable dish in the Amherst pattern by Wedgewood.
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