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dish

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1. dish - Noun

2. dish - Verb

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A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.

The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish. "A dish fit for the gods."

The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel.

A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured.

That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.

To put in a dish, ready for the table.

To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.

To frustrate; to beat; to ruin.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish. W. H. Auden

Revenge is a dish that tastes best when served cold. Mario Puzo

Revenge is a dish served cold. Portuguese Proverb

Everybody sees only his own dish. Gypsy Proverb

High birth is a poor dish on the table. Italian Proverb

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