noun a hollow place, as in a field.
2. dish ·vt to put in a dish, ready for the table.
3. dish ·noun a trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured.
4. dish ·noun a vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.
5. dish ·noun that portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.
6. dish ·vt to frustrate; to beat; to ruin.
7. dish ·noun the state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel.
8. dish ·vt to make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.
9. dish ·noun the food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish. "a dish fit for the gods.".