Dish Dɪʃ Food Noun Bre Glass Ovenproof Baking/Serving

• a glass dish
• an ovenproof dish
• a baking/serving dish
• they helped themselves from a large dish of pasta.

dish

1. a flat shallow container for cooking food in or serving it from
• a glass dish
• an ovenproof dish
• a baking/serving dish
• They helped themselves from a large dish of pasta.
2. the plates, bowls, cups, etc. that have been used for a meal and need to be washed
• I'll do the dishes (= wash them).
3. food prepared in a particular way as part of a meal
• see also side dish
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/side-dish
• a vegetarian/fish dish
• This makes an excellent hot main dish.
• I can recommend the chef's dish of the day.
4. any object that is shaped like a dish or bowl
• see also satellite dish
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/satellite-dish
• a soap dish
5. a sexually attractive person
• See related entries: Attractiveness
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/attractiveness/dish_2
• What a dish!

Extra Examples

• Arrange the salad in a serving dish.
• Do you have a favourite dish?
• Goulash is a meat dish.
• He dried the dishes and put them away.
• I can recommend the chef’s dish of the day.
• It’s your turn to do the dishes.
• Kedgeree makes a wonderful supper dish.
• Serve one or two main dishes with a choice of salads and nibbles.
• She cooked us a delicious French dish with pork and tomatoes.
• The dirty breakfast dishes were still in the sink when we got home.
• The national dish is ‘bigos’—hunter’s stew.
• The national dish is ‘feijoada’—pork with beans.
• They sampled all the local dishes.
• a restaurant that serves traditional Indian dishes
• a simple dish, beautifully prepared
• your pet’s food dish
• I’ll do the dishes.

Word Origin

• Old English disc ‘plate, bowl’ (related to Dutch dis, German Tisch ‘table’), based on Latin discus, from Greek diskos.