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- [dish]
- /dɪʃ/
- /dɪʃ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dish]
- /dɪʃ/
Definitions of dish word
- verb with object dish Slang. to gossip about: They talked all night, dishing their former friends. 2
- noun dish an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food. 1
- noun dish any container used at table: dirty dishes. 1
- noun dish the food served or contained in a dish: The meal consisted of several dishes. 1
- noun dish a particular article, type, or preparation of food: Rice is an inexpensive dish. 1
- noun dish the quantity held by a dish; dishful: a dish of applesauce. 1
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Origin of dish
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English disc dish, plate, bowl (akin to German Tisch table) < Latin discus dish, discus
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Parts of speech for Dish
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dish popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dish
noun dish
- plate — the base at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a five-sided slab of whitened rubber set at ground level at the front corner of the diamond.
- container — A container is something such as a box or bottle that is used to hold or store things in.
- cup — A cup is a small round container that you drink from. Cups usually have handles and are made from china or plastic.
- pot — a deep hole; pit.
- bowl — A bowl is a round container with a wide uncovered top. Some kinds of bowl are used, for example, for serving or eating food from, or in cooking, while other larger kinds are used for washing or cleaning.
verb dish
- bad mouth — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- grooving — a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- furrowed — a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
- blether — blather
Antonyms for dish
noun dish
- h — the eighth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
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