The difference between Dish and Plateful
When used as nouns, dish means a vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle, whereas plateful means the quantity contained on a plate.
Dish is also verb with the meaning: to put in a dish or dishes.
check bellow for the other definitions of Dish and Plateful
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Dish as a noun:
A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
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Dish as a noun:
The contents of such a vessel.
Examples:
"a dish of stew"
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Dish as a noun (metonym):
A specific type of prepared food.
Examples:
"a vegetable dish'"
"this dish is filling and easily made"
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Dish as a noun (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."
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Dish as a noun (telecommunication):
A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.
Examples:
"satellite dish'"
"radar dish'"
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Dish as a noun (slang):
A sexually attractive person.
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Dish as a noun:
The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity.
Examples:
"the dish of a wheel"
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Dish as a noun:
A hollow place, as in a field.
Examples:
"rfquotek Ogilvie"
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Dish as a noun (mining):
A trough in which ore is measured.
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Dish as a noun (mining):
That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.
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Dish as a noun (slang):
Gossip
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Dish as a verb (transitive):
To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.
Examples:
"The restaurant dished up a delicious Italian brunch''."
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Dish as a verb (informal, slang):
To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.
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Dish as a verb (transitive):
To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish.
Examples:
"to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes"
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Dish as a verb (slang, archaic, transitive):
To frustrate; to beat; to outwit or defeat.
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Plateful as a noun:
The quantity contained on a plate