English Dictionary

dish

/dɪʃ/

noun

A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle. / The contents of such a vessel. / (metonymically) A specific type of prepared food.

I ordered a delicious dish at the restaurant.

意味（1）

A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.

She brought forth butter in a lordly dish.

意味（2）

The contents of such a vessel.

a dish of stew

意味（3）

(metonymically) A specific type of prepared food.

a vegetable dish

意味（4）

(in the plural) Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.

It's your turn to wash the dishes.

意味（5）

(telecommunications) A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.

satellite dish

意味（6）

(slang) A sexually attractive person.

Have you seen the new apothecary? I think her name is Sadie. What a dish!

意味（7）

The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity.

the dish of a wheel

意味（8）

A hollow place, as in a field.

意味（9）

(baseball, slang) The home plate.

He said, I don't like your chances at the dish [home plate] tonight.

意味（10）

(mining) A trough in which ore is measured.

意味（11）

(mining) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.

意味（12）

(slang) Gossip.