Dish

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1. Noun

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

2. Noun

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."

3. Noun

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

4. Noun

A hollow place, as in a field.

5. Noun

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

6. Noun

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

7. Verb

To put in a dish, ready for the table.

8. Verb

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

9. Verb

To frustrate; to beat; to ruin.

10. Noun

a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner"
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