dish
A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed…A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
» Can you recommend any vegetarian dishes?
Можете мені порадити якісь вегетеріанські страви?
Meaning
13 senses(countable, uncountable)A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
Teller, Schüssel
таре́лкаtarélka, ми́скаmíska, блю́доbljúdo
тарі́лкаtarílka, ми́скаmýska, блю́доbljúdo
a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
(countable, uncountable)The contents of such a vessel.
a dish of stew
Gericht, Speise
блю́доbljúdo
стра́ваstráva
(countable, metonymically, uncountable)A specific type of prepared food.
a vegetable dish
this dish is filling and easily made
Gericht
блю́доbljúdo, еда́jedá, ку́шаньеkúšanʹje
стра́ваstráva
a particular item of prepared food
(countable, in the plural, uncountable)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.
Geschirr, Abwasch
посу́даposúda
по́судpósud
(countable, uncountable)A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.
satellite dish
radar dish
Parabolantenne, Satellitenschüssel, Schüssel
таре́лкаtarélka
тарі́лкаtarílka
(countable, dated, informal, uncountable)Something that fits someone's tastes, interests, or abilities.
Going to the club is not my dish.
(countable, slang, uncountable)A sexually attractive person.
quite a dish
Bombe, Bomber, Wucht
a very attractive or seductive looking woman
(countable, dated, uncountable)The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity.
the dish of a wheel
(countable, uncountable)A hollow place, as in a field.
(countable, slang, uncountable)The home plate.
(slang, uncountable)Gossip.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)A trough in which ore is measured.
Examples
1274 sentencesCan you recommend any vegetarian dishes?
Можете мені порадити якісь вегетеріанські страви? — lingvokrolik
I washed the dishes after supper.
Після вечері я помив посуд. — deniko
deNach dem Abendessen machte ich den Abwasch. — raggione
Tom has just finished washing dishes.
Том щойно домив посуд. — deniko
ruТом только что закончил мыть посуду. — Biga
deTom ist gerade mit dem Abwasch fertig geworden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Why don't you wash your dishes?
Чому б тобі не помити за собою посуд? — deniko
ruПочему бы тебе не помыть за собой посуду? — marafon
Tom didn't help wash the dishes.
Том не допомагав мити посуд. — Anjy
ruТом не помогал мыть посуду. — marafon
deTom half nicht beim Abwasch. — Naina
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 3
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Origin
From Middle English dissh, disch, from Old English disċ (“plate; bowl; dish”), from Proto-From Middle English dissh, disch, from Old English disċ (“plate; bowl; dish”), from Proto-West Germanic *disk (“table; dish”) (whence also Proto-Slavic *dъska, whence Bulgarian дъска́ (dăská), Polish deska, Russian доска́ (doská)), Russian чан (čan)) from Latin discus. Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, disk, and diskos.
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Forms
plural: dishesSynonyms
41 synonyms- directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation:dish aerialdish antennasaucer
- the quantity that a dish will hold:dishful
- an activity that you like or at which you are superior:cup of teabag
- a very attractive or seductive looking woman:smasherstunnerknockoutbeautyravishersweetheartpeachlulu
Word family
71 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- wash the dishes
- washing dishes
- do the dishes
- kitchen washing dishes
- dirty dishes in
- dirty dishes
- dishes in the
- doing the dishes
- dried the dishes
- put the dishes
- dish of ice
- the dirty dishes