- [countable] a flat shallow container for cooking food in or serving it from
- a baking/serving dish
- a casserole dish
- in a dish Bake in a shallow dish for 45 mins.
- dish of something They helped themselves from a large dish of pasta.
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatinga1- Arrange the salad in a serving dish.
- your pet's food dish
- a glass dish
- an ovenproof dish
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- flat
- shallow
- …
- in a/the dish
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- often the dishes[plural] the plates, bowls, cups, etc. that have been used for a meal and need to be washed
- I'll do the dishes (= wash them).
- My first real job was washing dishes in a restaurant.
Extra Examples- He dried the dishes and put them away.
- It's your turn to do the dishes.
- The dirty breakfast dishes were still in the sink when we got home.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clean
- washed
- dirty
- …
- clean
- do
- wash
- …
- [countable] food prepared in a particular way as part of a meal
- a vegetarian/fish/meat/pasta dish
- This makes an excellent hot main dish.
- I decided to cook his favourite dish.
- to prepare/serve a dish
- dish of something a savoury dish of curried rice and lamb
- I can recommend the chef's dish of the day.
Extra Examples- Goulash is a meat dish.
- Kedgeree makes a wonderful supper dish.
- Serve one or two main dishes with a choice of salads and nibbles.
- She cooked us a delicious French dish with pork and tomatoes.
- The national dish is ‘feijoada’—pork with beans.
- They sampled all the local dishes.
- a restaurant that serves traditional Indian dishes
- a simple dish, beautifully prepared
- Do you have a favourite dish?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- main
- side
- favourite/favorite
- …
- cook
- make
- prepare
- …
- the dish of the day
- [countable] any object that is like a dish or bowl in shape
- a soap dish
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clean
- washed
- dirty
- …
- clean
- do
- wash
- …
- [countable] (old-fashioned, informal) a sexually attractive person
- What a dish!
Word OriginOld English disc ‘plate, bowl’ (related to Dutch dis, German Tisch ‘table’), based on Latin discus, from Greek diskos.
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