dishes
dishes is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, dishes is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofdishes
- A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
- The contents of such a vessel.
Example: "a dish of stew"
- (metonym) A specific type of prepared food.
Example: "a vegetable dish"
- (in the plural) Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.
Example: "It's your turn to wash the dishes."
- A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.
Example: "radar dish"
- A sexually attractive person.
- The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity.
Example: "the dish of a wheel"
- A hollow place, as in a field.
- A trough in which ore is measured.
- That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.
- Gossip
- To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.
Example: "The restaurant dished up a delicious Italian brunch."
- To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.
- To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish.
Example: "to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes"
- To frustrate; to beat; to outwit or defeat.
- Dishwashing
Example: "After dinner they had to do the dishes."
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