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[ UK /dˈɪʃ/ ]
[ US /ˈdɪʃ/ ]
NOUN
  1. directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation
  2. a particular item of prepared food
    she prepared a special dish for dinner
  3. 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
  4. the quantity that a dish will hold
    they served me a dish of rice
  5. a very attractive or seductive looking woman
  6. an activity that you like or at which you are superior
    marriage was scarcely his dish
    his bag now is learning to play golf
    chemistry is not my cup of tea
VERB
  1. provide (usually but not necessarily food)
    She dished out the soup at 8 P.M.
    We serve meals for the homeless
    The entertainers served up a lively show
  2. make concave; shape like a dish

How To Use dish In A Sentence

  • When the new foods that came from the Americas - peppers, summer squash and especially tomatoes - took hold in the region, a number of closely related dishes were born, including what we call ratatouille - and a man from La Mancha calls pisto, an Ikarian Greek calls soufiko and a Turk calls turlu. NYT > Home Page
  • He's not tried to be dishonest, he has just forgotten to mention one thing.
  • I looked up to see Brody onstage, his dishevelled dark brown hair flopping across his forehead and both hands hanging onto the microphone.
  • There is actually a dishonesty, really, about that slogan that says to keep it in the laboratory and it will be OK.
  • Dishonesty is always one way of climbing the ladder of success, but dishonest intentions and manipulations are more prone to fail. Dr T.P.Chia 
  • People on welfare are wrongly seen as lazy or dishonest.
  • When asked to name their favourite dish, most shoppers opted for the traditional British favourite fish and chips over pizza, paella, or frankfurters.
  • The Bank dishonoured a number of cheques drawn by its client and sent a fax contending that his debit balance was in excess of his facility.
  • The side dish the day I visited was a simple mixed olive salad, a mélange of black and green olives with spicy oil.
  • This dish can be served as a starter or a main course.
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