dish: translation
noun
1 container
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep
▪ flat, shallow
▪ empty
▪ baking, roasting, serving
▪ ovenproof (esp. BrE)
▪ china, glass, metal, plastic, silver
▪ casserole, gratin (esp. BrE), pie, soufflé, soup
▪ butter, candy (AmE), food, soap, vegetable
▪ culture, lab (informal), laboratory, Petri
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the dish
▪ Arrange the salad in a serving dish.
2 the dishes plates, bowls, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ clean, washed
▪ dirty, unwashed
▪ The dirty breakfast dishes were still in the sink when we got home.
▪ breakfast, dinner
VERB + THE DISHES
▪ clean (AmE), do, wash
▪ It's your turn to do the dishes.
▪ dry
▪ He dried the dishes and put them away.
▪ clear, clear away, put away
3 type of food
ADJECTIVE
▪ main, side
▪ Serve one or two main dishes with a choice of salads and nibbles.
▪ favourite/favorite
▪ Do you have a favourite/favorite dish?
▪ delicious, tasty, wonderful
▪ popular
▪ elaborate
▪ simple
▪ a simple dish, beautifully prepared
▪ classic, traditional
▪ exotic
▪ savoury/savory, sweet
▪ spicy
▪ cold, hot
▪ international, local, national, regional
▪ The national dish is ‘feijoada’—pork with beans.
▪ Chinese, French, etc.
▪ vegetarian
▪ cheese, egg, fish, meat, pasta, rice, seafood, vegetable
▪ Goulash is a meat dish.
▪ breakfast, dinner (esp.AmE), lunch, supper (esp. BrE)
▪ Smoked salmon makes a wonderful supper dish.
▪ signature (= a dish that identifies a particular restaurant/chef)
VERB + DISH
▪ cook, make, prepare
▪ She cooked us a delicious French dish with pork and tomatoes.
▪ serve
▪ a restaurant that serves traditional Indian dishes
▪ eat
▪ recommend
▪ order
▪ sample, try
▪ They sampled all the local dishes.
PHRASES
▪ the dish of the day
▪ I can recommend the dish of the day.