Meaning

13 senses
  1. (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

  2. (countable, uncountable)The contents of such a vessel.

    a dish of stew

    Gericht, Speise

    блю́доbljúdo

    стра́ваstráva

  3. (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

  4. (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

  5. (countable, uncountable)A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.

    satellite dish

    radar dish

    Parabolantenne, Satellitenschüssel, Schüssel

    таре́лкаtarélka

    тарі́лкаtarílka

  6. (countable, dated, informal, uncountable)Something that fits someone's tastes, interests, or abilities.

    Going to the club is not my dish.

  7. (countable, slang, uncountable)A sexually attractive person.

    quite a dish

    Bombe, Bomber, Wucht

    a very attractive or seductive looking woman

  8. (countable, dated, uncountable)The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity.

    the dish of a wheel

  9. (countable, uncountable)A hollow place, as in a field.

  10. (countable, slang, uncountable)The home plate.

  11. (slang, uncountable)Gossip.

  12. (archaic, countable, uncountable)A trough in which ore is measured.

Examples

1274 sentences
  1. Can you recommend any vegetarian dishes?

    Можете мені порадити якісь вегетеріанські страви? — lingvokrolik

  2. I washed the dishes after supper.

    Після вечері я помив посуд. — deniko

    deNach dem Abendessen machte ich den Abwasch. — raggione

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
vessel for holding/serving food:
contents of such a vessel:
tableware to be/being washed:
Русский
By meaning 3
vessel for holding/serving food:
specific type of food:
tableware to be/being washed:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
vessel for holding/serving food:
contents of such a vessel:
tableware to be/being washed:
type of antenna:
slang: sexually attractive person:

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: dishes
Singulardish
Pluraldishes

regular

Synonyms

41 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

71 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dish — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto