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Shallow usually circular vessels for serving food.

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Usage examples (36)
  • I hate housework! You make the beds, you do the dishes, and six months later you have to start all over again.
  • Noun : dirty dishes. ,The meal consisted of several dishes. ,Rice is an inexpensive dish. ,a dish of applesauce. ,The...
  • Verb (used with object) : to dish food onto plates. ,They talked all night, dishing their former friends
  • They can gather dishes from the tables to the sink.
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