Dish | Mean of dish in English Dictionary

/ˈdɪʃ/

• Noun
• a shallow container that you cook or serve food in
1. a baking/serving dish [=a container used to bake/serve food]
2. a casserole/pie dish [=a container used to bake a casserole/pie]
• a shallow bowl
1. a candy dish [=a container used to serve candy]
2. the cat's food/water dish
• the food served in a dish
1. a dish of strawberries
2. a small dish of ice cream

• food that is prepared in a particular way
1. Each person made a dish for the potluck supper.
2. The restaurant serves some of my favorite dishes.
3. a fish/pasta/potato dish [=food that has fish/pasta/potatoes as a main ingredient]
4. The main dish [=the biggest dish of a meal] was poached salmon, and it was served with a side dish [=a food that is served at the same time as the main dish] of spinach.
• all the things (such as plates, forks, glasses, pans, cooking utensils, etc.) that are used to prepare, serve, and eat a meal
1. We piled all the dishes in the sink after dinner.
2. Will you wash the breakfast dishes, please?
3. a sink full of dirty dishes
4. It's your turn to do the dishes. [=wash the dishes]
• a shallow container that holds something other than food
1. a soap dish
• something that is shaped like a shallow bowl
1. Do you have cable TV or a dish? [=an antenna shaped like a dish that receives television signals from a satellite]
2. a dish antenna
• a sexually attractive person
1. I hear your cousin is a dish. [=hottie]
• Verb
• to talk about the personal life of someone else
1. The two of them are always dishing about their coworkers.
• to serve (food)
1. The restaurant dishes out more than 500 meals every night.
• to give (something) freely or in large amounts
1. She dishes out advice to anyone who'll listen.
2. He's always dishing out money and gifts to his grandchildren.
• to criticize other people
1. He can dish it out, but he can't take it. [=he likes to criticize other people, but he doesn't like being criticized]
• to put (food) into a dish or dishes for serving or eating
1. dish up some soup
2. The movie dishes up [=serves up] a wild mix of sex and violence.