dish

The definition of a dish is a container used for holding and serving food.

(noun)

An example of dish is a plate.

Dish is defined as a particular kind of prepared food.

(noun)

An example of a dish is tuna casserole.

To dish is defined as to serve food.

(verb)

An example of to dish is spooning rice onto someone's plate.

See dish in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. any container, generally shallow and concave and of porcelain, earthenware, glass, plastic, etc. for serving or holding food
2. plates, bowls, saucers, cups, etc., collectively
1. the food in a dish
2. a particular kind of food, or food prepared in a certain way: one's favorite dish
a dishful
a dish-shaped object, as the reflector of a dish antenna
a dishlike concavity, or the amount of this
Informal a favorite thing; preference
☆ Slang a sexually attractive person, esp. a young woman
Slang gossip, esp. when disparaging or malicious: often with the

Origin: ME < OE disc, dish, plate < PGmc *diskuz < L discus: see discus

transitive verb

to serve (food) in a dish: usually with up or out
to shape (an object, surface, or hole) like a dish: make concave: usually with out
Slang to gossip about, esp. in a disparaging way
Chiefly Brit., Slang to cheat, frustrate, ruin, etc.

intransitive verb

See dish in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. An open, generally shallow concave container for holding, cooking, or serving food.
b. dishes The containers and often the utensils used when eating: took out the dishes and silverware; washed the dishes.
c. A shallow concave container used for purposes other than eating: an evaporating dish.
The amount that a dish can hold.
a. The food served or contained in a dish: a dish of ice cream.
b. A particular variety or preparation of food: Sushi is a Japanese dish.
a. A depression similar to that in a shallow concave container for food.
b. The degree of concavity in such a depression.
Electronics A dish antenna.
Slang A good-looking person, especially an attractive woman.
Informal Idle talk; gossip: “plenty of dish about her tattoos, her plastic surgeries, and her ever-younger inamorati” (Louise Kennedy).