noun

dish

dish, plate, meal, course

Put the clean dishes in the cupboard.

Put the clean dishes in the cupboard.

This is my favourite Italian dish.

This is my favorite Italian dish.

It's your turn to do the dishes.

It's your turn to do the dishes.

a dish of ((sth.)) a plate containing a type of food a dish of pasta

to do the dishes to wash the plates, bowls, etc. after a meal I hate doing the dishes.

Synonyms: plate, bowl, meal, course

From Latin 'discus' meaning 'quoit, platter', which also gives us 'disc' and 'desk'.

A 'dish' can be the physical plate you eat from, or the food served on that plate. Remember both meanings.

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