I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a soap dish (= a container for a bar of soap )
dirty dishes
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a stack of dirty dishes in the sink
dish towel
do the dishes ( also do the washing-up British English ) (= wash the plates after a meal )
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Will anyone help me do the washing-up?
hot dish
Petri dish
satellite dish
side dish
the breakfast dishes
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Did you put the breakfast dishes in the dishwasher?
wash the dishes
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It’s your turn to wash the dishes .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
main
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The text was laid out playfully like a cookbook, with starters, sauces and main dishes .
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Dinner is three courses, with a choice of main dish .
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Today's main dish was cabbage and swede stew with dumplings.
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For buffets and fork suppers, serve one or two main dishes with a choice of salads and nibbles.
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Menus vary through the fortnight, and include a starter, a main dish with green salad and a sweet.
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Simple salads of lettuce, tomatoes and olives may accompany most of the main dishes .
simple
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To do so follow two simple guidelines. 1 Keep to the low-fat dishes . 2 Keep to the very simple dishes.
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We look forward to the late fall with its fresh chestnuts so that we can prepare this simple but lovely dish .
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Keep to the safest, simplest dishes when eating in restaurants while you follow the F-Plan slimming diet.
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It's a simple , satisfying dish , the perfect thing to get through an afternoon of depositions.
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I am a firm lover of simple meat dishes - my all-time favourite is garlic lamb.
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King prawns cooked in chilli salt and pepper was very much better, a simple dish succulently executed.
■ NOUN
side
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Varieties: the range includes breakfasts, lunches, dinners, side dishes and desserts.
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As a side dish , serve plain white rice.
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Serve from baking dish , with a side dish of sauteed spinach or chard.
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Each side dish was serviceable, if not the most stunning examples of their kind to be found in the city.
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Heaping side dishes are always 70 cents.
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They are used throughout the book in chutneys and relishes, as flavorings for sauces, and in side dishes .
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Note: This is a traditional Southern recipe that can be served as a side dish or dessert.
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Others simply pile their plates high with mountains of mashed potatoes and various meatless side dishes .
■ VERB
cook
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He's a vegetarian and cooks some amazing dishes - my favourite is lentil curry.
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Additional time is required for cooking or chilling homemade dishes .
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A memory function stores programmes - useful only if you cook the same dishes frequently.
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Mills is known for his healthful EWapproach to cooking , and this dish exemplifies his style well.
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Raw food from the freezer can be completely cooked and the finished dish cooled, packed and frozen as usual.
create
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When he creates a dish he begins and carries on until instinctively he knows the dish has reached perfection.
prepare
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They're more prepared to do the dishes or change nappies.
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Its success is owed to the family that runs it with affection and pride, preparing traditional dishes with an easy perfection.
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I invented a means of preparing four dishes at once.
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Lively in flavor but quick to prepare , this chicken dish gives a new spin to the traditional grilled fare.
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One recipe suggested the cook should prepare a dish of snails in wine sauce.
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But an editor can help prepare several dishes at once.
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By the end of the course you will have prepared every kind of dish from sandwiches to a full-scale dinner.
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Haguza comes once a year on a special holiday for which people prepare a ritual dish of rather thick couscous with milk.
wash
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She even let the school-leavers who washed the dishes and cleared the tables look straight into her eyes.
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The man will more often take out the garbage, wash the dishes , and do other chores around the house.
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Richard could play outside a while longer, while Cissie and Beth washed the dishes .
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Catch me, I thought ruefully, washing dishes .
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He never washed dishes with Margaret Fuller.
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Within days he had a job washing dishes in a cafe in Long Island, east of New York.
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Deborah and I washed the dishes , then sat beside each other at the kitchen table, our legs almost touching.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
serving spoon/dish etc
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Arrange on a hot serving dish, pour a little sauce over and serve the rest separately.
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Bedford scooped potatoes from a serving dish on to his plate.
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Place noodles in serving dish and top with 1 / 2 of sauce, stirring together slightly.
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Present at table and serve guests with serving spoon.
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Remove to a serving dish and keep warm.
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Spoon into a serving dish and serve warm - but not too hot or the syrup will burn.
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Stir this into the fromagefrais and pour over the still-hot potatoes in their serving dish.
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The food is then pushed out of its protective package and left in its serving dish to be cooked in a hot-air oven.
soup/dish/fish etc of the day
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A little skimmer bream is my fourth fish of the day and the first I have had to net.
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The fish of the day , a grilled sole, was of the same ilk.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a casserole dish
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a classic Creole dish
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a delicious vegetable dish with a spicy nut sauce
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In addition to the extensive Tandoori menu, there is a wide selection of vegetarian dishes.
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My favourite Italian dish is lasagne.
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This dish can be served hot or cold.
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We serve a variety of Thai dishes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Arrange 3 filled shells in each of two oval baking dishes sprayed with cooking spray.
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Beneath lay a line of glum sandwiches, a Perspex dish of an unidentifiable fish meat and a mutilated leg of ham.
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Consider also the time required to heat the dish to have it safe for eating.
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Gumbo, rice dressings and Jambalaya are all one-pot dishes, which are perfect for feeding large numbers.
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Half fill the dishes with the salmon mixture, then place a teaspoon of caviar in the centre.
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In any case, there was always the problem of what to do with the dish .
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Just think of a loud noise-say, a dish breaking on the floor-that stops all the conversation in a room.
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We talk about other eggs, other wonderful dishes we have eaten in times past.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He goes on to dish the dirt about which Hollywood actors wear toupees.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He is often hired to inform Fleet Street about client views or, less charitably, to dish the dirt on opponents.
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Some of the vilest food on earth is dished up in Paris nightly.
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This made Fearnley very defensive about his own business, and usually happy to dish the dirt about his aggressive competitor.
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You can dish them out to visiting dignitaries at the end of a state visit.