Thesaurus: dish

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1. n. A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.
2. n. The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish. "A dish fit for the gods."
3. n. The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel.
4. n. A hollow place, as in a field.
5. n. A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured.
6. n. That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.
7. v. t. To put in a dish, ready for the table.
8. v. t. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.
9. v. t. To frustrate; to beat; to ruin.
10. n. a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
11. n. a particular item of prepared food
12. n. the quantity that a dish will hold