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as in bowl
a usually circular utensil for holding something (as food) we threw all of the ingredients for the salsa into a dish and mixed them together

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as in rumor
information or opinion that is widely disseminated without any authority or confirmation of accuracy regularly watches the entertainment news program for all the Hollywood dish

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verb

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Recent Examples of dish
Noun
No-Bake Strawberry Pie Recipe How To Make No-Bake Strawberry Pie This no-bake pie is as simple as can be (really!), and here are a few simple step-by-steps for making this at home: How To Make The Crust The first step is to make the crust with a 9-inch deep dish pie plate. Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 6 June 2025 The beet dish, set to be served second, definitely feels the most like an afterthought. Caroline Framke, Vulture, 6 June 2025
Verb
Natasha Cloud scored five points and dished 10 dimes, moving past Seattle’s Skylar Diggins for 10th-place on the all-time assist leaderboards. Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025 Kate Greer scored four goals, while Emily Regan netted a hat trick and dished two assists as Cohasset (16-2) defeated Central Catholic, 12-10. Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for dish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dish
Noun
  • Mound the salad over the kale (or divide between individual serving bowls).
    Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
  • Each flute is handmade from Waterford’s finest luxury crystal and features a narrow bowl, encouraging bubbles to rise to the rim for an effervescent experience.
    Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • First introduced via a line of dolls in 2010, Monster High centers around a fictional high school attended by the teenage children of famous monsters.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 June 2025
  • Immerse yourself in the Gentle Monster x Bratz world, complete with a massive, interactive Bratz doll object and Gentle Monster’s ultramodern 2025 Pocket Collection.
    Alia Yee Noll, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Even Bowden published an article debunking the subscription rumor.
    Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 13 June 2025
  • The fact that the earnings were part of a Kickstarter campaign and never released didn't squelch the rumors.
    Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Verb
  • Vibrant personalities aboard the bus and later in Lagos replace the muggy atmosphere of their rural home, the low hum of passengers gossiping and rapidly exchanging political opinions supplanting the buzz of insects as a sonic backdrop.
    Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
  • This was followed by 64 percent of people gossiping about friends, and 58 percent about their bosses.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This was more like a caterpillar body with odd patterns on its plates and a snapping turtle mouth.
    Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 9 June 2025
  • Pitching has been key for the Warriors, but what happens behind the plate is just as important.
    Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • In an early scene, poor Christian attends a dating event, having gamed the system, with his perfect numerical logic, so that all the potential lovelies are lined up at his table.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
  • But don’t despair, my scarred and scarring lovelies.
    Matt Thompson, Spin, 10 Sep. 2023
Noun
  • If no case is filed, state prosecutors must release a report detailing the evidence and the legal reasoning for why charges were not warranted.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
  • The grand jury’s full report was finally released in August 2022 and prompted DeSantis to remove and replace four School Board members.
    Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 5 June 2025
Verb
  • This is a poor day to talk to parents, bosses, authority figures and the police about anything important.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 7 June 2025
  • Barnard spoke Friday at a hearing of Democratic members of Congress and said some family members of the men had been able to talk to them Thursday.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 June 2025

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“Dish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dish. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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