side dish

noun

: a food served separately along with the main course

Examples of side dish in a Sentence

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Keep a bag of diced hash browns in the freezer to dig out and transform into one of the most crowd-pleasing potato side dishes to ever leave our Test Kitchen. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2025 Mac And Cheese One of the most popular responses for side dishes (outside of fries), our editors fully approve of Chick-fil-A’s Mac and Cheese, and not just to accompany an in-restaurant meal. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2025 To-go menu items include whole turkeys, hams, side dishes, pies and cobbler. Molly Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Dec. 2025 Now that the countdown to Christmas is on, here are seven special side dishes and recipes to try this year from the Courier Journal's extensive recipe archive. Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for side dish

Word History

First Known Use

1702, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of side dish was in 1702

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“Side dish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/side%20dish. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.

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side dish

noun
: food served separately along with the main course
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