Definitions for dishes

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dishes dish

Spelling: [dish]

IPA: /dɪʃ/

Dishes is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 69 anagrams from letters in dishes (dehiss).

Definitions for dishes

noun

1. an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
2. any container used at table:
3. the food served or contained in a dish:
4. a particular article, type, or preparation of food:
5. the quantity held by a dish; dishful:
6. anything like a dish in form or use.
7. concavity or the degree of concavity, as of a wheel.
8. Also called dish antenna. a concave, dish-shaped reflector serving to focus electromagnetic energy as part of a transmitter or receiver of radio, television, or microwave signals.
9. Slang. an attractive person, especially a female:
10. Slang. an item of gossip.

Idioms

1. dish it out, Informal. to dispense abusive language, punishment, or praise, enthusiastic approval, etc.:

Verb phrases

1. dish out, Informal. to serve (food) from a serving dish, pot, etc. to deal out; distribute:

verb (used with object)

1. to put into or serve in a dish, as food:
2. to fashion like a dish; make concave.
3. Slang. to gossip about:
4. Slang. to defeat; frustrate; cheat.

verb (used without object)

1. Slang. to talk together informally, especially, to gossip.

Origin of dishes

before 900; Middle English; Old English disc dish, plate, bowl (akin to German Tisch table) Latin discus dish, discus

Examples for dishes

dishes are listed by their Finnish names with English subtitles.

Chefs in states with new legislation are already publicly experimenting with dishes for their menus.

dishes here are prepared with locally picked mushrooms, herbs, trout, and moles.

Rather, he dishes up a seemingly endless stream of examples of pettiness, irritation, hypocrisy and awkwardness.

Then it's settled that you do the cooking and I wash the dishes?

He lights his pipe, and many an evening he helps me with the dishes.

Lizzie, carrying a tray of dishes, came into the hall as he opened the door.

Pop was putting away the dishes, and Jud was scrubbing out the sink.

A ridin' that sorrel mut, too, when she ought to be in the house washin' dishes.

Crew quarters are still filled with dishes and other domestic and personal items.