Dish (noun)
A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
Dish (noun)
The contents of such a vessel.
“a dish of stew”
Dish (noun)
A specific type of prepared food.
“a vegetable dish”
“this dish is filling and easily made”
Dish (noun)
Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.
“It’s your turn to wash the dishes.”
Dish (noun)
A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.
“satellite dish”
“radar dish”
Dish (noun)
A sexually attractive person.
Dish (noun)
The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity.
“the dish of a wheel”
Dish (noun)
A hollow place, as in a field.
Dish (noun)
A trough in which ore is measured.
Dish (noun)
That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.
Dish (noun)
Gossip
Dish (verb)
To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.
“The restaurant dished up a delicious Italian brunch.”
Dish (verb)
To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.
Dish (verb)
To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish.
“to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes”
Dish (verb)
To frustrate; to beat; to outwit or defeat.
Plate (noun)
A flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
“I filled my plate from the bountiful table.”
Plate (noun)
Such dishes collectively.
Plate (noun)
The contents of such a dish.
“I ate a plate of beans.”
Plate (noun)
A course at a meal.
“The meat plate was particularly tasty.”
Plate (noun)
An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities
“With revenues down and transfer payments up, the legislature has a full plate.”
Plate (noun)
A flat metallic object of uniform thickness.
“A clutch usually has two plates.”
Plate (noun)
A vehicle license plate.
“He stole a car and changed the plates as soon as he could.”
Plate (noun)
A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating
“The bullets just bounced off the steel plate on its hull.”
Plate (noun)
A material covered with such a layer.
“If you’re not careful, someone will sell you silverware that’s really only silver plate.”
Plate (noun)
A decorative or food service item coated with silver.
“The tea was served in the plate.”
Plate (noun)
A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
Plate (noun)
An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
“We finished making the plates this morning.”
Plate (noun)
An image or copy.
Plate (noun)
An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
Plate (noun)
A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
Plate (noun)
A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
Plate (noun)
A foot, from “plates of meat”.
“Sit down and give your plates a rest.”
Plate (noun)
Home plate.
“There was a close play at the plate.”
Plate (noun)
A tectonic plate.
Plate (noun)
Plate armour.
“He was confronted by two knights in full plate.”
Plate (noun)
Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.
Plate (noun)
A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.
Plate (noun)
The anode of a vacuum tube.
“Regulating the oscillator plate voltage greatly improves the keying.”
Plate (noun)
A coin, usually a silver coin.
Plate (noun)
A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.
Plate (noun)
A prize given to the winner in a contest.
Plate (noun)
Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
Plate (noun)
A metallic card, used to imprint tickets with an airline’s logo, name, and numeric code.
Plate (noun)
The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.
Plate (noun)
A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car’s year of manufacture.
Plate (noun)
One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.
Plate (noun)
A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.
Plate (noun)
Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
Plate (noun)
The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.
Plate (noun)
A record, usually vinyl.
Plate (noun)
Precious metal, especially silver.
Plate (verb)
To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
“This ring is plated with a thin layer of gold.”
Plate (verb)
To place the various elements of a meal on the diner’s plate prior to serving.
“After preparation, the chef will plate the dish.”
Plate (verb)
To score a run.
“The single plated the runner from second base.”
Plate (verb)
To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
“Tickets are normally plated on an itinerary’s first international airline.”
Dish (noun)
a shallow, flat-bottomed container for cooking or serving food
“an ovenproof dish”
Dish (noun)
the food contained or served in a dish
“a dish of sauté potatoes”
Dish (noun)
a particular variety or preparation of food served as part of a meal
“fresh fish dishes”
Dish (noun)
all the items that have been used in the preparation, serving, and eating of a meal
“I left the children to do the dishes”
Dish (noun)
a shallow, concave receptacle, especially one intended to hold a particular substance
“the cats’ water dish”
Dish (noun)
a bowl-shaped radio aerial
“other channels are available with a larger dish”
Dish (noun)
a sexually attractive person
“I gather he’s quite a dish”
Dish (noun)
a thing that one enjoys or does well
“as a public relations man this was my dish and the campaign was right up my street”
Dish (noun)
information which is not generally known or available
“if he has the real dish I wish he’d tell us”
Dish (noun)
concavity of a spoked wheel resulting from a difference in spoke tension on each side and consequent sideways displacement of the rim in relation to the hub.
Dish (verb)
put food on to a plate or plates before a meal
“Steve was dishing up vegetables”
Dish (verb)
dispense something in a casual or indiscriminate way
“the banks dished out loans to all and sundry”
Dish (verb)
offer or present something, especially something regarded as substandard
“is your ISP short-changing you by dishing up outdated and perhaps incorrect information?”
Dish (verb)
subject others to criticism or punishment
“you can dish it out but you can’t take it”
Dish (verb)
gossip or share intimate information
“groups gather to dish about romances”
Dish (verb)
utterly destroy or defeat
“the election interview dished Labour’s chances”
Dish (verb)
give concavity to (a wheel) by tensioning the spokes
“this tool accurately checks for proper dishing of a wheel”