word-vault/dist/data/cards/di/dish.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "dish",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/ba/bathroom.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a flat shallow container for cooking food in or serving it from",
            "sensetop": "in a dishdish of something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a baking/serving dish"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a casserole dish"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Bake in a shallow dish for 45 mins.",
                    "contextForm": "in a dish"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They helped themselves from a large dish of pasta.",
                    "contextForm": "dish of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Arrange the salad in a serving dish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "your pet's food dish"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a glass dish"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an ovenproof dish"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["deep", "flat", "shallow"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the dish"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the plates, bowls, cups, etc. that have been used for a meal and need to be washed",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'll **do the dishes** *(= wash them)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My first real job was **washing dishes** in a restaurant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He dried the dishes and put them away."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's your turn to do the dishes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dirty breakfast dishes were still in the sink when we got home."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["clean", "washed", "dirty"],
                "verb + the dishes": ["clean", "do", "wash"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "food prepared in a particular way as part of a meal",
            "sensetop": "dish of something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a vegetarian/fish/meat/pasta dish"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This makes an excellent hot **main dish**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I decided to cook his favourite dish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to prepare/serve a dish"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a savoury dish of curried rice and lamb",
                    "contextForm": "dish of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can recommend the chef's **dish of the day**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Goulash is a meat dish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Kedgeree makes a wonderful supper dish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Serve one or two main dishes with a choice of salads and nibbles."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She cooked us a delicious French dish with pork and tomatoes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The national dish is ‘feijoada’—pork with beans."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They sampled all the local dishes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a restaurant that serves traditional Indian dishes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a simple dish, beautifully prepared"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you have a favourite dish?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["main", "side", "favourite/​favorite"],
                "verb + dish": ["cook", "make", "prepare"],
                "phrases": ["the dish of the day"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "any object that is like a dish or bowl in shape",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a soap dish"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["clean", "washed", "dirty"],
                "verb + the dishes": ["clean", "do", "wash"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a sexually attractive person",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned, informal)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What a dish!"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪʃ/",
                "audio": "di/dish/dish__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪʃ/",
                "audio": "di/dish/dish__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English disc ‘plate, bowl’ (related to Dutch dis, German Tisch ‘table’), based on Latin discus, from Greek diskos."
}