dish
English
/dɪʃ/
noun
Definitions
- A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
- The contents of such a vessel.
- (metonym) A specific type of prepared food.
- (in the plural) 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.
- (telecommunication) A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.
- (slang) A sexually attractive person.
- The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity.
- A hollow place, as in a field.
- (mining) A trough in which ore is measured.
- (mining) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.
- (slang) Gossip
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English dissh inherited from Old English disċ (bowl, dish, plate) inherited from *disk (dish, table) derived from Latin discus (disk, disc).
Origin
Latin
discus
Gloss
disk, disc
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cloth English
- clout English
- deep English
- deep-dish pizza English
- dishcloth English
- dishclout English
- dishful English
- dishily English
- dishiness English
- dishless English
- dishlicker English
- dishlike English
- dishmop English
- dishowner English
- dishpan English
- dishrack English
- dishrag English
- dishtowel English
- dishware English
- dishwasher English
- dishwasher proof English
- dishwasherable English
- dishwashing English
- dishwater English
- dishwatery English
- dishy English
- fluorodish English
- hot English
- hotdish English
- lick English
- lickdish English
- licker English
- microdish English
- minidish English
- mop English
- multidish English
- owner English
- pan English
- pie English
- piedish English
- pizza English
- rack English
- rag English
- side English
- sidedish English
- soap English
- soapdish English
- toll English
- tolldish English
- towel English
- tun English
- tundish English
- wash English
- washdish English
- washer English
- washing English
- water English
- tiski Finnish
- discalis Latin
- disculus Latin
- discus Latin
- Arbeitstisch German
- Beistelltisch German
- Biertisch German
- Diskus German
- Ecktisch German
- Fliesentisch German
- Gartentisch German
- Grabbeltisch German
- Holztisch German
- Küchentisch German
- Ladentisch German
- Marmortisch German
- Nachbartisch German
- Nachttisch German
- Ramschtisch German
- Schanktisch German
- Sofatisch German
- Tisch German
- Tischchen German
- Tischdecke German
- Tischfußball German
- Tischgebet German
- Tischgespräch German
- Tischtennis German
- Tischtuch German
- Verkaufstisch German
- Wickeltisch German
- Wühltisch German
- auftischen German
- desco Italian
- disco Italian
- dis Dutch, Flemish
- discus Dutch, Flemish
- disgenoot Dutch, Flemish
- disque French
- δίσκος Ancient Greek
- *disk Proto-Germanic
- *diskuz Proto-Germanic
- disk Swedish
- diska Swedish
- diskmaskin Swedish
- diskvatten Swedish
- disc Old English
- disċ Old English
- dihsse-wehssinge Middle English
- disch Middle English
- dishful Middle English
- dissh Middle English
- dysche wescheare Middle English
- diskr Old Norse
- *dъska Proto-Slavic
- deis Old French
- disko Esperanto
- disc Catalan, Valencian
- disklingur Icelandic
- diskur Icelandic
- geisladiskur Icelandic
- hörpudiskur Icelandic
- mynddiskur Icelandic
- twndish Welsh
- disch Middle Dutch
- tisc Old High German
- tisch Middle High German
- dhisk Albanian
- dishtë Albanian
- *disk gmw-pro
- disc Old Saxon
- disk Old Saxon
- dixx Maltese
- indishi Zulu
- dis Tok Pisin
- deis xno
- desco roa-oit
- pie
- tun
- rag
- mop
- pan
- hot
- rack
- deep
- lick
- soap
- side
- toll
- wash
- owner
- clout
- towel
- cloth
- water
- pizza
- dishy
- washer
- licker
- dishmop
- washing
- piedish
- dishrag
- dishpan
- dishily
- dishful
- hotdish
- tundish
- minidish
- dishware
- soapdish
- sidedish
- tolldish
- dishrack
- lickdish
- dishlike
- washdish
- dishless
- dishwater
- microdish
- dishclout
- dishowner
- dishtowel
- dishiness
- dishcloth
- multidish
- dishwasher
- dishlicker
- fluorodish
- dishwatery
- dishwashing
- dishwasherable
- deep-dish pizza
- dishwasher proof