dish

1. (metonymic) A specific type of prepared food.Examples: "a vegetable dish"; "this dish is filling and easily made"; "Let's carve him a dish fit for the gods"countablemetonymicallyuncountable

2. (in the plural) Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.Examples: "It's your turn to wash the dishes."countablein-pluraluncountable

3. (telecommunications) A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.Examples: "satellite dish"; "radar dish"countableuncountable

4. (slang) A sexually attractive person.Examples: "quite a dish"; "Have you seen the new apothecary? I think her name is Sadie. What a dish!"Synonyms: babe, foxcountableslanguncountable

5. (dated) The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity.Examples: "the dish of a wheel"countabledateduncountable

6. (baseball, slang) The home plate.Examples: "He said, "I don't like your chances at the dish [home plate] tonight.""; "At the plate, Graham pounded the dish three times, just like Bubbles did whenever he was up, […]"; "Also, if you end up getting to the baseball, your pitcher needs to be covering home plate, which pitchers occasionally forget to do. However, if the ball stays near the dish and you have a pitcher on the mound who isn't a space-case, you've got a good shot to get the runner out."countableslanguncountable