Synonyms for dish

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dish

Phonetic Transcription : dɪʃ

Top 10 synonyms for dish

Other synonyms for the word dish

Définition of dish

Origin : Old English disc "plate, bowl, platter," from Latin discus "dish, platter, quoit," from Greek diskos "disk, platter" (see disk). A common West Germanic borrowing; Old High German borrowed the word as tisc "plate," but German tisch now means "table," in common with other later Romanic forms (e.g. Italian desco, French dais). Meaning "particular variety of food served" is first recorded mid-15c. Meaning "what one likes" is c.1900; that of "attractive woman" is 1920s. Meaning "concave reflector or antenna" attested from 1948.

noun eating receptacle
noun main part of meal
noun attractive woman

Example sentences :

Just after the second dish, out stept my mother—A word with you, sister Hervey!
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Add the salt and water, cover the dish and place in the oven.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

It was introduced into England as an epicure's dish in the seventeenth century.
Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson

It don't lack much of being a dish rag, now, if I'm any judge.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

Miss North put her mother into a big chair, and hurried to bring a dish of curds.
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

The cream was skimmed off, and only very thin milk was left in the dish.
Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle

There was some mistake, some confusion, or perhaps some dish out of order.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox

Serve them up hot, with the gravy in the bottom of the dish.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Do not split it in half when you dish it, as is the practice with some cooks.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Then another layer of meat, potato, &c., till the dish is full.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

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