dish meaning

Noun: dish  dish

1. A piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
   "we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present" 
2. A particular item of prepared food
   "she prepared a special dish for dinner" 
3. The quantity that a dish will hold
   "they served me a dish of rice"
   - dishful 
4. A very attractive or seductive looking woman
   - smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, hottie, babe 
5. Directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation
   - dish aerial, dish antenna, saucer 
6. An activity that you like or at which you are superior
   "marriage was scarcely his dish"
   - cup of tea, bag

Verb: dish  dish

1. Provide (usually but not necessarily food)
   "She dished out the soup at 8 P.M."
   - serve, serve up, dish out, dish up 
2. Make concave; shape like a dish

Derived forms: dishing, dished, dishes

See also: dishy [Brit]

Type of: activity, adult female, aliment, alimentation, cater, container, containerful, crockery, directional antenna, dishware [US], form, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, ply, provide, shape, supply, sustenance, victuals, woman

Part of: meal, microwave radar, radar, radio detection and ranging, radio reflector, radio telescope, radiolocation, repast

Encyclopedia: Dish Dish, TX Dish, Texas

[American slang]
n. a good-looking woman.
• Wow, isn't she a dish?
• Now there's a dish.

[British slang]
Noun. 1. A sexually attractive person.
2. The buttocks. Gay use.
3. The face.
Verb: To smash, to break. E.g."Someone has dished all my car windows." [Merseyside use]

[Electronics]
See DISH ANTENNA.

[Sports]
Baseball
Home plate

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1. one dish in particular pleased the guests.
2. there is too much flavouring in the dish.
3. the dishes fell to the ground with a crash.
4. excellent ! what a delicious dish!
5. it 's your business to wash the dishes now ...