dish : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a tray for collecting the offering from a congregation
  alms tray.
  

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• noun a small dish (often with a cover) for holding butter at the table
  

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• noun a metal pan over a heater; used to cook or to keep things warm at the table
  

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• a dish or vessel for cooking on the table, or for keeping food warm, either by coals, by a lamp, or by hot water; a portable grate for coals.

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• a dish with a movable lid, formerly carried by beggars, who clacked the lid to attract notice.

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• . See Clack dish, under Clack, n.

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• noun a pie made of fruit with rich biscuit dough usually only on top of the fruit
  cobbler.
  

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• noun directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation
  dish; dish aerial; saucer.
  

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• noun directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation
  dish; dish aerial; saucer.
  

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• verb administer or bestow, as in small portions
  deal; parcel out; dispense; distribute; dole out; administer; allot; lot; deal out; mete out; shell out.
  
  • administer critical remarks to everyone present
  • dole out some money
  • shell out pocket money for the children
  • deal a blow to someone
  • the machine dispenses soft drinks
• verb provide (usually but not necessarily food)
  dish; dish out; serve up; serve.
  
  • We serve meals for the homeless
  • She dished out the soup at 8 P.M.
  • The entertainers served up a lively show

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• noun a rack for holding dishes as dishwater drains off of them
  

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• verb wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
  gossip.
  
  • She won't dish the dirt

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• noun a towel for drying dishes
  dishtowel; tea towel.
  

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• verb provide (usually but not necessarily food)
  dish; dish out; serve up; serve.
  
  • We serve meals for the homeless
  • She dished out the soup at 8 P.M.
  • The entertainers served up a lively show

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• noun a machine for washing dishes
  dishwasher; dishwashing machine.
  

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• adjective satellite shaped like a dish or pan
  patelliform; dished.
  

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• verb wash dishes
  wash up.
  
  • I cook and my husband washes up after dinner

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• noun a shallow dish used to culture bacteria
  

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• noun a dish used for serving food
  

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• noun a dish that is served with, but is subordinate to, a main course
  entremets; side order.
  

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• one of the dishes subordinate to the main course.

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• a colander. Obs. or Prov. Eng.

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• noun a bathroom or kitchen fixture for holding a bar of soap
  

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• noun a concave mirror that concentrates the rays of the sun; can produce high temperatures
  solar collector; solar furnace.
  

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• . #1 To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table. #2 (Arch.) To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood.

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• to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc., and put in dishes to be served at table.

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• a dish for measuring toll in mills.

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Tun"-dish` noun

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1. A tunnel. Obs. Shak.

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