Definition of Dishes

1. Noun. (plural of dish) ¹

2. Noun. (pluralonly) Dishwashing ¹

3. Verb. (third-person singular of dish) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dishes

1. dish [v] - See also: dish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dishes

disheired
disheiring
disheirs
dishelm
dishelmed
dishelming
dishelms
disherison
disherit
disheritance
disherited
disheriting
disheritor
disheritors
disherits
dishes (current term)
dishes out
dishes up
dishevel
dishevele
disheveled
disheveledly
disheveling
dishevelled
dishevelledly
dishevelling
dishevelment
dishevels
dishful
dishfuls

Literary usage of Dishes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"The following has been given as a correct account of the dishes and wines ... 160 dishes of fish, comprising 80 of turbot; 10 of trout; 40 of salmon. ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1821)
"BILL OF FARE. The following is, we believe, an accurate detail of the dishes prepared for the late Coronation dinner. Hot dishes. ..."

3. The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1878)
"1 2 The table brought in with the dishes upon ... The dishes consisted of fish; meat boiled, roasted, and dressed in various ways; game, poultry, ..."

4. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine (1816)
"I »as in my back house washing my dishes (that had been used when my ... When did you recollect any of these circumstances, about your washing your dishes ? ..."

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