Shaped like a dish; concave.

plural of dishful

as much as a dish will hold

plural of dishing

A shallow glass dish, with a loose-fitting cover, used to culture bacteria.

A specialised dish for serving butter. It typically has a base with a separate fitting lid with its own handle.

(slang, derogatory) An employee of a restaurant who washes dishware, typically a minimum wage position where workers are not well-treated.

Alternative spelling of assay dish

A small, square glass or plastic dish, having ruled orientation lines that is used in biological experiments such as agar diffusion assays, propagation of bacteria and fungi, culture and screening of bacteria and yeast colonies.

Any of several devices for supporting a dish; but especially a wooden tripod used in parts of the Middle East