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Definitions of dish:

  • noun:   a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
    Example: "We gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present"
  • noun:   directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation
  • noun:   a particular item of prepared food
    Example: "She prepared a special dish for dinner"
  • noun:   the quantity that a dish will hold
    Example: "They served me a dish of rice"
  • noun:   a very attractive or seductive looking woman
  • noun:   an activity that you like or at which you are superior
    Example: "Marriage was scarcely his dish"
  • verb:   make concave; shape like a dish
  • verb:   provide (usually but not necessarily food)
    Example: "She dished out the soup at 8 P.M."


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