side dish

noun

: a food served separately along with the main course

Examples of side dish in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The creamy side dish is sure to get your guests’ taste buds fired up. — Karla Walsh, CNN Money, 3 July 2026

Sauté them with olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper for a quick side dish. — Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 5 July 2026

Pasta side dishes can elevate any meal—and may even steal the spotlight. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 July 2026

The side dishes are beans, coleslaw, and potato salad, culinary holdovers of Old Europe in a new context. — Adrian Miller, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1702, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for side dish

• cuttlefish
• jellyfish
• sablefish
• bluefish
• catfish
• codfish
• crawfish
• dogfish
• finfish
• flatfish
• goldfish
• groundfish

Kids Definition

side dish

noun

: food served separately along with the main course