Dish
noun
A container used for cooking or serving food.
I need a dish to bake my pie in.
Often appears as...
- baking dish
- serving dish
noun
A particular variety or preparation of food, or a meal.
Spaghetti bolognese is my favourite dish.
Often appears as...
- main dish
- side dish
noun
A shallow, flat-bottomed container for laboratory use.
Pour the solution into the petri dish.
Often appears as...
- petri dish
- culture dish
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A thing that one desires or likes a lot.
He's a dish, isn't he?
Often appears as...
- what a dish
- he's a dish
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Informal
noun
A receiver of signals in a satellite dish system.
We need to adjust the dish to improve the signal.
Often appears as...
- satellite dish
- dish antenna
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A container used for cooking or serving food.
I need a dish to bake my pie in.
Often appears as...
- baking dish
- serving dish
noun
A particular variety or preparation of food, or a meal.
Spaghetti bolognese is my favourite dish.
Often appears as...
- main dish
- side dish
noun
A shallow, flat-bottomed container for laboratory use.
Pour the solution into the petri dish.
Often appears as...
- petri dish
- culture dish
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A thing that one desires or likes a lot.
He's a dish, isn't he?
Often appears as...
- what a dish
- he's a dish
Usage tips
Informal
noun
A receiver of signals in a satellite dish system.
We need to adjust the dish to improve the signal.
Often appears as...
- satellite dish
- dish antenna
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Cooking Context
Use 'dish' when referring to containers for cooking, like when baking or serving food.
Please put the salad in your largest dish for the party.
Pro Tip 2/2Material Variance
Dishes can be glass, ceramic, metal, etc. The material matters for cooking methods.
We can't microwave this dish; it's made of metal.
Pro Tip 1/2Cooking Context
Use 'dish' when referring to containers for cooking, like when baking or serving food.
Please put the salad in your largest dish for the party.
Pro Tip 2/2Material Variance
Dishes can be glass, ceramic, metal, etc. The material matters for cooking methods.
We can't microwave this dish; it's made of metal.
Pro Tip 1/2Cooking Context
Use 'dish' when referring to containers for cooking, like when baking or serving food.
Please put the salad in your largest dish for the party.
Pro Tip 2/2Material Variance
Dishes can be glass, ceramic, metal, etc. The material matters for cooking methods.
We can't microwave this dish; it's made of metal.
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Why 1.5 billion people...
and then the fact that you have chopsticks influences the food that you can cook. But at the same time, chopsticks reflect the communal nature of eating food. You'll have these dishes that you put in the middle, it's very family style. You go in with your chopsticks, and you put it on your rice, and then you eat individually.
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We Are What We Eat:...
and then mix it with dried apricot from the summer. They dry a lot of their fruits and vegetables so that they can keep all year round. And they mix it together with the pasta, the apricot and get this quite delicious dish. Rarely do people hunt there because they are herders as well.
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How sugar affects the...
Now, back to that meal. What happens if in place of the healthy, balanced dish, you eat sugar-rich food instead? If you rarely eat sugar or don't eat much at a time, the effect is similar to that of the balanced meal. But if you eat too much, the dopamine response does not level out.
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What is déjà vu? What is...
using the same restaurant setting for each. First up is dual processing. We'll need an action. Let's go with a waiter dropping a tray of dishes. As the scene unfolds, your brain's hemispheres process a flurry of the waiter's flailing arms, his cry for help, the smell of pasta.
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How do we study the...
from giant radio dishes to giant silver mirrors to space satellites, detecting light that would be otherwise blocked by the Earth's atmosphere. Astrophysicists don't just see the billions of stars among the billions of galaxies in the universe.
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I grew up in the...
We spent long hours talking about theology and Judaism and life while we washed dishes in their kosher kitchen and chopped vegetables for dinner. They treated us like family. They held nothing against us, and again I was astonished.
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Learning is bravery PIPE...
but we're so eager to add another tweet and do another thing and put another thing on the pile cause it's safer it gives us a way to protect ourselves now we make the menu longer instead of making one dish that people are willing
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We don't "move on" from...
that mark us and make us just as much as the joyful ones. And just as permanently. Long after you get your last sympathy card or your last hot dish. Like, we don't look at the people around us
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Multiple Husbands PIPE...
on roofs once decorated only with prayer flags satellite dishes sprout this village has entered the modern world whose images of romance stand in sharp contrast to
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5 Reasons Ants Are...
separating the ants so they can return to their colony these eggs are a thai delicacy and a favorite dish of the north by working with wildlife farmers in
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Why 1.5 billion people...
and then the fact that you have chopsticks influences the food that you can cook. But at the same time, chopsticks reflect the communal nature of eating food. You'll have these dishes that you put in the middle, it's very family style. You go in with your chopsticks, and you put it on your rice, and then you eat individually.
Video examples
We Are What We Eat:...
and then mix it with dried apricot from the summer. They dry a lot of their fruits and vegetables so that they can keep all year round. And they mix it together with the pasta, the apricot and get this quite delicious dish. Rarely do people hunt there because they are herders as well.
Video examples
How sugar affects the...
Now, back to that meal. What happens if in place of the healthy, balanced dish, you eat sugar-rich food instead? If you rarely eat sugar or don't eat much at a time, the effect is similar to that of the balanced meal. But if you eat too much, the dopamine response does not level out.
Video examples
What is déjà vu? What is...
using the same restaurant setting for each. First up is dual processing. We'll need an action. Let's go with a waiter dropping a tray of dishes. As the scene unfolds, your brain's hemispheres process a flurry of the waiter's flailing arms, his cry for help, the smell of pasta.
Video examples
How do we study the...
from giant radio dishes to giant silver mirrors to space satellites, detecting light that would be otherwise blocked by the Earth's atmosphere. Astrophysicists don't just see the billions of stars among the billions of galaxies in the universe.
Video examples
I grew up in the...
We spent long hours talking about theology and Judaism and life while we washed dishes in their kosher kitchen and chopped vegetables for dinner. They treated us like family. They held nothing against us, and again I was astonished.
Video examples
Learning is bravery PIPE...
but we're so eager to add another tweet and do another thing and put another thing on the pile cause it's safer it gives us a way to protect ourselves now we make the menu longer instead of making one dish that people are willing
Video examples
We don't "move on" from...
that mark us and make us just as much as the joyful ones. And just as permanently. Long after you get your last sympathy card or your last hot dish. Like, we don't look at the people around us
Video examples
Multiple Husbands PIPE...
on roofs once decorated only with prayer flags satellite dishes sprout this village has entered the modern world whose images of romance stand in sharp contrast to
Video examples
5 Reasons Ants Are...
separating the ants so they can return to their colony these eggs are a thai delicacy and a favorite dish of the north by working with wildlife farmers in
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John Romero
American Inventor
The thought processes that go through my head when I'm playing a game compared to the thought processes in real life are very, very different. And they're more interesting to me than what you think about when you're doing the dishes, cleaning the yard, watching TV, driving or watching a movie.
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Randall Munroe
American Cartoonist
Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.
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Larry Bird
American Coach
Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.
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Paul Prudhomme
American Chef
It's the sense of what family is at the dinner table. It was the joy of knowing mother was in the kitchen making our favorite dish. I wish more people would do this and recall the joy of life.
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Nobu Matsuhisa
Japanese Chef
My flight time is important to me; I actually prefer a longer flight to a short one. That way I have time to read a book, watch movies, and think about new dishes.
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Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
I adore recipes that make use of one cut of meat or a whole animal to create a complex dish, loaded with flavour.
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Jose Andres
Spanish Chef
Simple ingredients, treated with respect... put them together and you will always have a great dish.
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Howard Lutnick
American Businessman
eSpeed took the worst that the world could dish out, and it still stood and performed.
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Ron Finley
American Designer
All the attention in the world won't do my dishes.
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T. J. Miller
American Actor
I listen to 'deep dish house'.
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John Romero
American Inventor
The thought processes that go through my head when I'm playing a game compared to the thought processes in real life are very, very different. And they're more interesting to me than what you think about when you're doing the dishes, cleaning the yard, watching TV, driving or watching a movie.
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Randall Munroe
American Cartoonist
Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.
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Larry Bird
American Coach
Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.
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Paul Prudhomme
American Chef
It's the sense of what family is at the dinner table. It was the joy of knowing mother was in the kitchen making our favorite dish. I wish more people would do this and recall the joy of life.
Quote examples
Nobu Matsuhisa
Japanese Chef
My flight time is important to me; I actually prefer a longer flight to a short one. That way I have time to read a book, watch movies, and think about new dishes.
Quote examples
Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
I adore recipes that make use of one cut of meat or a whole animal to create a complex dish, loaded with flavour.
Quote examples
Jose Andres
Spanish Chef
Simple ingredients, treated with respect... put them together and you will always have a great dish.
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Howard Lutnick
American Businessman
eSpeed took the worst that the world could dish out, and it still stood and performed.
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Ron Finley
American Designer
All the attention in the world won't do my dishes.
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T. J. Miller
American Actor
I listen to 'deep dish house'.
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