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dish

[dish] / dɪʃ /


NOUN
main part of meal
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Not too long ago, a reader wrote to me asking how to make a truly great pasta primavera, an Italian-American dish from the 1970s.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

What do a bowl of cereal, a dish of ramen, a hamburger, a taco truck and hot dogs have in common?

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Ronald Koeman was again great company and reciprocated our hospitality by serving up a dish of eels when we played at Everton.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

First, a soapy sponge—nothing fancy, just one of the cheap ones, sudsed up with a dish soap that smells good.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

He was holding the dish with the shepherd’s pie, serving spoon at the ready, even though Coal had barely dug into what he had.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste




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