dish
dish
- n a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present - n a particular item of prepared food
she prepared a special dish for dinner - n the quantity that a dish will hold
they served me a dish of rice - n a very attractive or seductive looking woman
- n directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation
- n an activity that you like or at which you are superior
marriage was scarcely his dish - v provide (usually but not necessarily food)
She dished out the soup at 8 P.M. - v make concave; shape like a dish
- It's no secret that the cost of a restaurant dish tends to mirror its complexity.
- As connoisseurs of their local dish, Beijingers love to debate the merits of convection roasters over peach-wood ovens, or to quibble over sauce recipes.
- No French dish is as steeped in history, myth and religion as cassoulet.