(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a shallow container with a wide uncovered top. You eat and serve food from ~es and cook food in them.
...plastic bowls and ~es...
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2.
The contents of a ~ can be referred to as a ~ of something.
Nicholas ate a ~ of spaghetti.
N-COUNT: usu N of n
3.
Food that is prepared in a particular style or combination can be referred to as a ~.
There are plenty of vegetarian ~es to choose from.
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4.
All the objects that have been used to cook, serve, and eat a meal can be referred to as the ~es.
He’d cooked dinner and washed the ~es.
N-PLURAL
5.
You can use ~ to refer to anything that is round and hollow in shape with a wide uncovered top.
...a ~ used to receive satellite broadcasts.
N-COUNT: usu with supp
6.
see also satellite ~ , side ~
7.
If you do the ~es, you wash the ~es.
I hate doing the ~es.
PHRASE: V inflects
8.
to ~ the dirt: see dirt