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Word: Dish
Speech Type: Noun
Old English disc ‘plate, bowl’ (related to Dutch dis, German Tisch ‘table’), based on Latin discus (see discus)
dɪʃ
a shallow, flat-bottomed container for cooking or serving food
Short Definition:shallow flat-bottomed container
Examples:- an ovenproof dish
a shallow, concave receptacle, especially one intended to hold a particular substance
Short Definition:shallow, concave receptacle
Examples:- the cats' water dish
a sexually attractive person
Short Definition:sexually attractive person
Examples:- I gather he's quite a dish
information which is not generally known or available
Short Definition:restricted information
Examples:- if he has the real dish I wish he'd tell us
concavity of a spoked wheel resulting from a difference in spoke tension on each side and consequent sideways displacement of the rim in relation to the hub.
Short Definition:concavity of spoked wheel
Word: Dish
Speech Type: Verb
dɪʃ
gossip or share information, especially information of an intimate or scandalous nature
Short Definition:gossip or share information
Examples:- groups gather to brag about babies and dish about romances
utterly destroy, confound, or defeat
Short Definition:utterly destroy or defeat
Examples:- the election interview dished Labour's chances
give concavity to (a wheel) by tensioning the spokes
Short Definition:give concavity to wheel
Examples:- I don't think I dished the wheel correctly—there's a rubbing sound
- this tool accurately checks for proper dishing of a wheel
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