dish

nouneating receptacle

nounmain part of meal
nounattractive woman

Word Origin & History

Old English disc "plate, bowl, platter," from Latin discus "dish, platter, quoit," from Greek diskos "disk, platter" (see disk). A common West Germanic borrowing; Old High German borrowed the word as tisc "plate," but German tisch now means "table," in common with other later Romanic forms (e.g. Italian desco, French dais). Meaning "particular variety of food served" is first recorded mid-15c. Meaning "what one likes" is c.1900; that of "attractive woman" is 1920s. Meaning "concave reflector or antenna" attested from 1948.

Example Sentences for dish

Just after the second dish, out stept my mother—A word with you, sister Hervey!

It was introduced into England as an epicure's dish in the seventeenth century.

Add the salt and water, cover the dish and place in the oven.

It don't lack much of being a dish rag, now, if I'm any judge.

Miss North put her mother into a big chair, and hurried to bring a dish of curds.

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