noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   plural of dish form-of, plural
2. 2
   Dishwashing plural, plural-only

   "After dinner they had to do the dishes."

Verb

1. 1
   third-person singular simple present indicative of dish form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

All synonyms

dishwaredishware

Example

More examples

"All you have to do is wash the dishes."

Related phrases

do the dishes

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.