Synonyms for dishes


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dish
Phonetic Transcription : dɪʃ

Top 10 synonyms for dishes Other synonyms for the word dishes

Définition of dishes

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 :
  • Pop was putting away the dishes, and Jud was scrubbing out the sink.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • He lights his pipe, and many an evening he helps me with the dishes.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Then it's settled that you do the cooking and I wash the dishes?
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • A ridin' that sorrel mut, too, when she ought to be in the house washin' dishes.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Lizzie, carrying a tray of dishes, came into the hall as he opened the door.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Then take out the pieces of melon-rind and spread them on dishes to cool.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • We'll read 'em all over this evenin', when I've done the dishes.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • Slowly and methodically he was putting the dishes into the wooden sink.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • She handled the dishes as if she scorned them, yet her method and care were exquisite.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • The dinner finished, I looked for a way to dispose of the dishes.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
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