(cooking) Any of several devices, involving a pan and a heater, used to warm food at the table, or to keep it warm.

(slang) A person employed to wash dishes at a restaurant or similar location.

plural of Petri dish

(slang, derogatory) An employee of a restaurant who washes dishware, typically a minimum wage position where workers are not well-treated.

A small, square glass or plastic dish, having ruled orientation lines that is used in biological experiments such as agar diffusion assays, propagation of bacteria and fungi, culture and screening of bacteria and yeast colonies.

Alternative spelling of assay dish

Any of several devices for supporting a dish; but especially a wooden tripod used in parts of the Middle East

A specialised dish for serving butter. It typically has a base with a separate fitting lid with its own handle.

A dish for a snuffer (a candle-snuffer). / A dish for the snuff of the lamps of the Tabernacle.

(intransitive) to wash up dirty crockery (plates and dishes) and cutlery (knives, forks, and spoons)