dish in English: A wide open container that food is served in. It also means the food itself, once it is cooked and ready to eat. (noun)

Translation

A wide open container that food is served in. It also means the food itself, once it is cooked and ready to eat.

Word origin

From Old English disc, a plate, borrowed from Latin discus, a flat round plate.

Gender

Pluraldishes

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Here a "dish" is the container the food is served in.

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Here a "dish" is a kind of cooked food.

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"Dishes" can mean all the plates, bowls and cups used at a meal.

plate

A flat, round dish that you put food on to eat.

food

Food is anything that people or animals eat to stay alive and grow.

meal

The food that people eat at one time, such as breakfast or dinner.

cook

To make food ready to eat by using heat.

kitchen

The room in a house where you cook and prepare food.

menu

The list of food and drinks that you can order in a restaurant or cafe.

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