dish

dish
noun
1 container
ADJECTIVE
deep
flat, shallow
empty
baking, roasting, serving
ovenproof (esp. BrE)
china, glass, metal, plastic, silver
casserole, gratin (esp. BrE), pie, soufflé, soup
butter, candy (AmE), food, soap, vegetable

your pet's food dish

culture, lab (informal), laboratory, Petri
PREPOSITION
in a/the dish

Arrange the salad in a serving dish.

2 the dishes plates, bowls, etc.
ADJECTIVE
clean, washed
dirty, unwashed

The dirty breakfast dishes were still in the sink when we got home.

breakfast, dinner
VERB + THE DISHES
clean (AmE), do, wash

It's your turn to do the dishes.

dry

He dried the dishes and put them away.

clear, clear away, put away
3 type of food
ADJECTIVE
main, side

Serve one or two main dishes with a choice of salads and nibbles.

favourite/favorite

Do you have a favourite/favorite dish?

delicious, tasty, wonderful
popular
elaborate
simple

a simple dish, beautifully prepared

classic, traditional
exotic
savoury/savory, sweet
spicy
cold, hot
international, local, national, regional

The national dish is ‘feijoada’—pork with beans.

Chinese, French, etc.
vegetarian
cheese, egg, fish, meat, pasta, rice, seafood, vegetable

Goulash is a meat dish.

breakfast, dinner (esp. AmE), lunch, supper (esp. BrE)

Smoked salmon makes a wonderful supper dish.

signature (= a dish that identifies a particular restaurant/chef)
VERB + DISH
cook, make, prepare

She cooked us a delicious French dish with pork and tomatoes.

serve

a restaurant that serves traditional Indian dishes

eat
recommend
order
sample, try

They sampled all the local dishes.

PHRASES
the dish of the day

I can recommend the dish of the day.


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