—dish /dɪʃ/
noun (CONTAINER)
A2 [C] a container, flatter than a bowl and sometimes with a lid, from which food can be served or which can be used for cooking:
» an oven-proof dish→ SEE ALSO SATELLITE DISH(Cf. ↑satellite dish)Thesaurus+: ↑Dishes, bowls, cups and glassesthe dishes A2 [plural]F0 all the plates, glasses, knives, forks, etc. that have been used during a meal:
» Have you done/washed the dishes?Thesaurus+: ↑Washing the dishes• • •
Extra Examples:» There's no butter left in the butter dish.» When you have rolled out the pastry, place it in a pie dish.» Shred the lettuce and arrange it around the edge of the dish.» Are you sure this dish is ovenproof?» I keep the serving dishes in that cupboard in the corner.noun [C] (FOOD)
► A2 food prepared in a particular way as part of a meal: » a chicken/vegetarian dishThesaurus+: ↑Meals and parts of meals• • •
Extra Examples:» Here's a dish I prepared earlier.» It takes a long time to prepare the dish but the results are so good that it's worth the effort.» It's a simple dish to prepare, consisting mainly of rice and vegetables.» I had the the most expensive dish on the menu - a choice fillet of fish.» He concocted the most amazing dish from all sorts of unlikely ingredients.noun [S] OLD-FASHIONED (ATTRACTIVE PERSON)
► F0 a sexually attractive person: » He's gorgeous - what a dish!Thesaurus+: ↑Sexually attractive peopleverb
dish the dirt► F0 to tell people unpleasant or shocking personal information about someone: » She agreed to dish the dirt on her ex-husband for a fee of £50,000.Thesaurus+: ↑Revealing secrets and becoming known- spinelessly
- spinelessness
- spine-tingling
- spinifex
- spinner
- spinneret
- spinney
- Spinning
- spinning top
- spinning wheel
- spin-off
- spin out of control
- spin round
- spin (sb) a story/tale/yarn
- spin sb a story/tale/yarn
- spin (sb) round
- spin sb round
- spinster
- spin sth off
- spin sth out
- spiny
- spin your wheels
- spiracle
- spiral
- spiral-bound