What is "dishes"

Usage examples of "dishes".

The trays I carried contained individual colored dishes with foods that smelled appetizingly and I fed them to the face in the sea of white.

She laid out a pair of slacks, a sport shirt in an island print, and sandals for me, then removed the tray and dishes while leaving coffee and the remaining fruit.

He had attended the Wednesday labor auctions several weeks on end in search of a bilingual woman or girl who could be trained as a waitress, then had bid me in as well to obtain Margrethe - but he wished to tell me that he had not regretted it as he had never seen the scullery so clean, the dishes so immaculate, the silverware so shiny.

When they finish feeding the derelicts tonight, there will be a high stack of dirty dishes I and you are looking at the heavyweight champion dishwasher in all of Mexico and los Estados Unidos.

I had tried to wash dishes for a meal at the truckers' stop outside Tucson, but had been dismissed rather abruptly.

I was willing to wash dishes forever if only I could see her smile, hear her voice, touch her hand!

The alcove called `the buttery' had a cold-table collation laid out ample for forty guests, with a few hot dishes on the end - roast pig with apple in mouth, baked peacock with feathers restored, a few such tidbits.

This creature had stated its willingness to wash dishes "forever" in order to take care of her.

The tray and dishes had a different touch and the smell of the food was unfamiliar.

These dishes aren't disposable," Phyllis piped up in her clear light voice.

No, don't take that bottle away, Reeve,” he implored Ken as he swept dirty dishes off the table in front of him so he could prop up his elbows.

Varian found the dishes so utterly delicious, unusual, and much tastier than their recent fare that she felt Kai ought to have eaten with greater gusto.

They were arranged in a spray which was half-curled around three dishes of rich creams.

Another working party picked its way along the Zaid-Dayan's outer hull, rigging detector wires and dishes to replace the damaged portside detectors.

They had been cooking for days, each trying to outdo the others with soups, pies, and special dishes of quail, goose, and duck.