How do you use the word "dish" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "dish": All you have to do is wash the dish. Nothing is so tasty as the dish you make.

Dish Meaning

/dɪʃ/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.

nounThe contents of such a vessel.

Sentence Examples

All you have to do is wash the dish.

Nothing is so tasty as the dish you make.

CEFR Practice Quiz

She carefully placed the hot clay ____ on the table before serving the stew.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

All you have to do is wash the ____.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English dissh, disch, from Old English disċ (“plate; bowl; dish”), from Proto-West Germanic *disk (“table; dish”) (whence also Proto-Slavic *dъska, whence Bulgarian дъска́ (dǎská), Polish deska, Russian доска́ (doská)), Russian чан (čan)) from Latin discus. Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, disk, and diskos. Cognates Cognate with Scots disch (“dish; plate”), Dutch dis (“table”), German Low German Disk, Disch (“table”), German Tisch (“table”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish disk (“dish; counter”), Icelandic diskur (“dish; plate”), Finnish tiski (“desk, counter; dish”). Compare the identical meaning expansion (vessel for food, then also content of such a vessel, then also specific type of food): Bulgarian блю́до (bljúdo), Russian блю́до (bljúdo). For the roundness aspect, compare Polish rondel (“pan, saucepan”) (< Latin rotundus (whence also English round)), Slovene krožnik < krog. Also compare typologically Proto-Slavic *misъka << Latin mēnsa; Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax) (several meanings).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"She brought forth butter in a lordly dish." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges v:25:

"Let's carve him a dish fit for the gods" — 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

"Literacy is not every man’s dish. A teacher trying to persuade Arab men in North Africa to let their wives learn to read so that they can write letters was pointedly asked by one husband: “To whom?”" — 1965 November 19, “Illiteracy: The Uncomprehending 40%”, in Time, volume 86, number 21, page 67:

"Have you seen the new apothecary? I think her name is Sadie. What a dish!" — 1993, Westwood Studios, Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos, Virgin Games:

"As I topped the ridge I missed my first shot at a sharptail that flushed from a grassy dish." — 1980, Nebraskaland:

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