dishes 1 of 2

plural of dish
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as in bowls
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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dishes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of dish

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Recent Examples of dishes
Noun
Food writer Anastasia Miari has spent nearly a decade documenting these dishes and the older generations and remote villages that have kept them alive. Shannon McMahon, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026 Switch to egg whites in breakfast dishes instead of whole eggs to reduce cholesterol, which is found in egg yolks. Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 10 Sep. 2026 The Straker’s aims to be just as scene-y, offering a mix of dishes inspired by British and Italian cuisines. Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026 While the provenance of certain dishes may be obvious, others are simply Feng’s wild card creations. Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Thanks to its neutral flavour, it can be even further camouflaged into sweet dishes, like 2-ingredient chocolate mousse or my new Blueberry Protein Pancakes. Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026 This suggests the Router 4 will be bundled with Starlink dishes at some point. Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026 Glossy tomatoes on the vine, a wheel of Parmigiano Reggiano (party favors), piles of lemons, platters of antipasti, and dishes arriving from friends’ kitchens bring more life and color to a room than anything overly decorative ever could. Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026 In fact, pre-rinsing dishes can waste more water than simply putting the dishes in the dishwasher as is. Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
Matt Selman also dishes on Quinta Brunson's appearance and the episode's multitude of Easter eggs. Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026 Others dishes taco salads, burritos, quesadillas, Mexican street corn, Mexican street fries, and, for dessert, churros. Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Feb. 2026 The Area 51 nickname is a clever nod to the players' jersey numbers and tandem talent whenever one dishes a dime to the other for an alley-oop or other assist. René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Feb. 2026 Coming on the other end of this experience with a lifelong sisterhood, budding romance, and title as the certified Bama Barbie, Carthen also dishes on all of the beauty tips and tricks that enhanced her days in the villa. Essence, 26 Aug. 2025 Scotty dishes 80% of the debt in short duration! Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Ahead, Schroeder dishes how to do just that, and reveals the best pizza toppings to pair with street cart onion sauce. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dishes
Noun
  • To get your own hands dirty, walk five minutes to Limón Studio – a pottery store and graphic design studio that offers friendly workshops, in English, to make cups or bowls.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The pasta—a hair clump of noodles in a soupy, sweetish tomato sauce—came in one of those parsimonious bowls with a small hollow in the middle and a rim as broad as Saturn’s rings.
    Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The founders of iconic brands such as Ideal, Mattel, Marx, Hasbro, Kenner, Wham-O and Madame Alexander dolls shared roots in Yiddish-speaking Europe, and childhoods as the sons and daughters of immigrants.
    Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The dolls and books, which depict 9- and 10-year-olds, became part of daily life for millions of American girls.
    Tara Strauch, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Mary McCarthy gossips more frankly about people Robert Lowell mentions.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
Noun
  • Soldiers steal livestock, cook dinner, eat using their shields as plates, burn down an English house as a woman and child flee.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • From sunset on—when the night comes alive amidst dazzling skyline lights—the space is complete with a seafood-forward small plates menu showing French, Spanish, and Portuguese influences, complemented by a list of natural wines and craft cocktails.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Still, every spare inch is crammed with more than 32 different kinds of orchids imported from around the world, including such beauties as the flame-like Epidendrum radicans and the rare Dimorphorchis lowii.
    Leigh-Ann Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Beaded beauties Shells and semiprecious stones find life as statement necklaces and bangles at Hues of Hills, available at lifestyle boutique Vayu - Design for Living in New Delhi.
    Sohini Dey, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • For the final episode of our 2026 season, Mike talks with Adam Erlich Sachs (recipient of a 2026 Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction) about the historical Kantian thicket of Heinrich von Kleist’s Michael Kohlhaas, translated by Michael Hoffman.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Nolte’s expressive eyes and face do a lot of the work in each scene as Alice talks.
    Carole Horst, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The vigils, which drew tens of thousands of people a year, were the only large-scale public commemoration on Chinese soil of the Tiananmen crackdown, discussion of which is heavily censored in mainland China.
    Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 11 Sep. 2026
  • This wider story spans five centuries from the first enslavement of the Caribbean Lucayan and Taíno in 1492 to the Indian Child Welfare Act in 1978, which slowly halted the stealing of tens of thousands of Native children through adoptions.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • What turns him on is cryptic babes, brawling men and stagy fables of lust, rivalry and possession.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
  • Pampers Swaddlers These tried-and-true diapers, available in preemie sizes—plus larger sizes for growing babes—are a must-have for life with a newborn.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 1 July 2026

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