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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
The dish is finished with tobiko and unagi sauce, made from soy sauce, mirin, sugar and sake. Irene Adeline Milanez, Sacbee.com, 22 June 2025 From Lebanese kibbie to homemade hummus, crafting dishes that bring people together is one of my hidden talents. Arkansas Online, 22 June 2025
Verb
McConnell, cool amid the chaos, dished to Sheppard. Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 24 May 2025 The series opener got physical with Carolina dishing some dirty on an elbow to the head of Cats goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky and Brad Marchand taking an intentional puck from Shayne Gostisbehere. Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for dish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dish
Noun
  • Place all the cut vegetables in a bowl and season with EVO oil, vinegar, water, salt and pepper.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
  • Whip up desserts as large as a decadent cake, or as small as a single batch of cookies, in these multi-size bowls.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • For her second wedding in 1964, Elizabeth Taylor wore a marigold yellow chiffon baby doll dress — her hair braided down her back and strewn with flowers.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
  • Instead, the robot doll sequel didn’t come close to matching the 2022 original’s box-office launch.
    Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • The couple first sparked dating rumors after they were spotted together in New York City and Miami in February 2025, per TMZ.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 25 June 2025
  • People have long speculated that the lottery was rigged for the big-market Knicks despite attempts from the NBA to shut down the rumors.
    Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • In the series’ signature shot, neighbors gossiped from their windows across the airshaft, their voices overlapping.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
  • Small wonder that intelligence services had to work overtime gathering every scrap of information or even gossip to learn even the basics about another country's simple economic statistics – much less its secrets.
    David Szondy May 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • The photographic plate lights up bright right across from the slit and dims further away from it.
    Matt von Hippel, ArsTechnica, 23 June 2025
  • Alejandro Kirk hit a grounder to third and Josh Rojas fired to the plate to throw out Bo Bichette.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • Along the way, stop to stroll through quaint villages, tour fascinating historic sites and soak up the natural beauty of the region.
    Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Rihanna’s lilac mani couldn’t be simpler, and that’s the beauty of it.
    Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • Officers responded to a call in the 3100 block of Pine Tree Drive in the southeast Volusia County city following a report related to possible animal abuse, the release stated.
    Elainie Barraza, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025
  • Yet that message does not appear to be getting through if the staggering numbers revealed in a new technology sector risk report are anything to go by: more than 11 million critical vulnerabilities in tech sector environments are currently exposed to the public internet.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Verb
  • Sucked underground by an explosive whirlwind, DK must team up with a talking mineral named Odd Rock to prevent VoidCo from reaching the planet’s core, where legend says something has the power to grant wishes.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2025
  • Through it all, Thune kept talking to Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, a moderate Mainer who blanched at the bill’s Medicaid cuts.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 1 July 2025

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“Dish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dish. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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