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The synonyms of “Dish” are: bag, cup of tea, beauty, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart, dishful, dish aerial, dish antenna, saucer, bowl, plate, soup plate, platter, salver, recipe, item of food, course, menu item, dishes, plates, cups and saucers, crockery, dinner service, tea service, belle, vision, charmer, enchantress, venus, goddess, beauty queen, english rose, picture, seductress, dish out, dish up, serve, serve up, destroy, put an end to, bring to an end, be the end of, end, extinguish, dash, quell, quash, ruin, wreck, shatter, smash, crush, scotch
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dish” as a noun can have the following definitions:
bag | A woman s handbag. He was romancing the old bag for her money. |
beauty | An excellent example of something. The artistry and beauty of football. |
beauty queen | The qualities that give pleasure to the senses. |
belle | A young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals. The belle of the ball. |
bowl | A large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling. The bowl of a spoon. |
charmer | A person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness. Joe who had been such a charmer had become irritable and lazy. |
course | A sail on the lowest yards of a square-rigged ship. The course had only nine holes. |
crockery | Tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively. |
cup of tea | The hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green. |
cups and saucers | The quantity a cup will hold. |
dinner service | The main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday. |
dish aerial | An activity that you like or at which you are superior. |
dish antenna | A very attractive or seductive looking woman. |
dishes | The quantity that a dish will hold. We gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present. |
dishful | The quantity that a dish will hold. |
enchantress | A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive. |
english rose | The people of England. |
goddess | A woman who is greatly admired, especially for her beauty. He had an affair with a screen goddess. |
item of food | A whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection. |
knockout | A very attractive or seductive looking woman. A knockout blow. |
looker | A person with a specified appearance. It depends on whether you are a listener a looker or a doer. |
lulu | An outstanding example of a particular type of person or thing. As far as nightmares went this one was a lulu. |
mantrap | A very attractive or seductive looking woman. |
menu item | The dishes making up a meal. |
peach | A pinkish yellow colour like that of a peach. It was another peach of a day. |
picture | A representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material. She was the picture of despair. |
plate | A main course served on a plate. He pushed his empty plate to one side and sipped his wine. |
plates | The quantity contained in a plate. A vegetable plate. |
platter | A quantity of food served on a platter. His son s fascination with a Jimi Hendrix collection prompted him to dig out some old platters. |
ravisher | Someone who assaults others sexually. |
recipe | A medical prescription. Sky high interest rates are a recipe for disaster. |
salver | A tray, typically one made of silver and used in formal circumstances. |
saucer | Directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation. |
seductress | A woman who seduces. |
smasher | A person who smashes something. The night nurse was a smasher. |
soup plate | An unfortunate situation. |
stunner | An unexpected and amazing event. The stunner was what happened on Saturday. |
sweetheart | Used as a term of endearment or affectionate form of address. The government has long extended sweetheart contracts to corporations in exchange for services. |
tea service | A tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves. |
venus | The second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star’ or an `evening star. |
vision | The images seen on a television screen. He had visions of becoming the Elton John of his time. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dish” as a verb can have the following definitions:
be the end of | Spend or use time. |
bring to an end | Induce or persuade. |
crush | Crush or bruise. He crushed the paper in his hands. |
dash | Destroy or frustrate (hopes or expectations. Dashed ambitions and hopes. |
destroy | Destroy completely damage irreparably. The fire destroyed the house. |
dish out | Provide (usually but not necessarily food. |
dish up | Provide (usually but not necessarily food. |
end | Bring to an end or halt. The surfaced road ends at the farm. |
extinguish | Extinguish by crushing. Firemen were soaking everything to extinguish the blaze. |
put an end to | Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events. |
quash | Put down by force or intimidation. The government quashes any attempt of an uprising. |
quell | Suppress (a feeling. Extra police were called to quell the disturbance. |
ruin | Fall into ruin. The castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers. |
scotch | Decisively put an end to. He soon scotched himself against a wall. |
serve | Act as a server at the celebration of the Eucharist. He said his lawyer would serve a writ to the multinational corporation within a week. |
serve up | Put the ball into play. |
shatter | Upset (someone) greatly. The news of her husband s death shattered her life. |
smash | Reduce to bankruptcy. Burglars smashed in the steel shutters. |
wreck | Involve someone in a shipwreck. My letters were in one of the vessels that wreck d. |
bowl | A large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling. The bowl of a spoon. |
chinaware | Dishware made of high quality porcelain. |
chopstick | One of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with. |
concavity | The state or quality of being concave. The concavity of her stomach. |
crockery | Plates, dishes, cups, and other similar items, especially ones made of earthenware or china. |
cuisine | Food cooked in a certain way. We spent the evening sampling the local cuisine. |
cup | Treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient s skin. Bees filled the waxen cups with honey. |
dinner | A party of people assembled to have dinner together. Guests should never be late to a dinner party. |
epicure | A person who takes particular pleasure in fine food and drink. They see themselves as epicures delighting in food that is properly prepared. |
fork | Shape like a fork. The road forks. |
furbish | Brighten up (a weapon) by polishing it. I needed until August to fully furbish the two front rooms. |
gastronome | A gourmet. Gastronomes will be fascinated by this guide to French cooking. |
gourmet | Of a kind or standard suitable for a gourmet. A gourmet meal. |
gustatory | Concerned with tasting or the sense of taste. Gustatory delights. |
ingredient | Any of the foods or substances that are combined to make a particular dish. Humor an effective ingredient of a speech. |
ladle | Serve soup stew or sauce with a ladle. Ladle the water out of the bowl. |
meal | The food eaten during a meal. A bar serving light meals. |
plate | Inoculate cells or infective material on to a culture plate especially with the object of isolating a particular strain of microorganisms or estimating viable cell numbers. She lifted the plate in victory. |
porcelain | Porcelain articles collectively. The paintings porcelains and prints that go on the block. |
potluck | Whatever happens to be available especially when offered to an unexpected guest or when brought by guests and shared by all. Having arrived unannounced we had to take potluck. |
receptacle | An electrical socket. Fast food receptacles. |
saucer | Directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation. |
silverware | Dishes, containers, or cutlery made of or coated with silver, or made of a material resembling silver. |
spatula | An implement with a broad, flat, blunt blade, used for mixing and spreading things, especially in cooking and painting. |
spoon | The contents of a spoon. Spoon the sauce over the roast. |
tableware | Articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware. |
toothpick | Pick consisting of a small strip of wood or plastic; used to pick food from between the teeth. |
tray | A flat, shallow container with a raised rim, typically used for carrying food and drink, or for holding small items or loose material. They ate supper off a tray in front of the fire. |
tureen | A deep covered dish from which soup is served. |
utensil | A tool, container, or other article, especially for household use. Kitchen utensils. |
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