side dishn.
/ˈsʌɪ(d) dɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈsaɪ(d) ˌdɪʃ/ 1. A dish of food served as an accompaniment to the main part of a course or meal, usually on a separate dish or plate. Also: a dish or plate of the kind typically used for this purpose. Cf. side order n. at side n.1 Compounds 3.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > [noun] > dish > side-dish
entremet1477
by-dish1599
garnisha1640
side dish1702
side plate1714
side1847
banchan1938
side salad1940
1702 J. K. tr. F. Massialot Court & Country Cook 21 The Side-dishes [Fr. Entrées]... Two Terrines.
1796 Glasse's Art of Cookery (new ed.) v. 75 The kidneys make a pretty side-dish of themselves.
1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto V xxxii. 151 A roast and a ragout, And fish, and soup, by some side dishes back'd.
1865 Sat. Rev. 8 July 64/1 (advt.) Side Dishes and Dish Covers, plain or elegantly engraved.
1881 ‘Rita’ My Lady Coquette I. ii. 22 Cook suggests various side-dishes for the dinner.
1907 C. T. Herrick Sunday Night Suppers vii. 110 Stuffed cucumbers..are very delicious either as a side-dish or as the main feature of the supper.
1990 J. Updike Rabbit at Rest iii. 453 Three vegetables in little round side dishes, and a separate plate of golden-brown corn pone.
2005 Fresh Nov. 70/1 Miso soup..is also served as a side dish with most meals.
2. figurative. An additional or supplementary thing or person; an accompaniment.Usually as part of an extended metaphor with reference to sense 1.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > accompaniment > [noun] > that which accompanies
purtenancea1382
accessory1429
retinue?a1439
accessaryc1475
companion1533
annexe?1541
hanger-ona1555
supply1567
copemate1581
complement1586
fere1593
adjective1597
annexment1604
annexary1605
attendant1607
adherence1610
adjacent1610
wife1616
fellower1620
coincident1626
attendancy1654
associate1658
appanage1663
conjunct1667
perquisite1667
familiar1668
satellite1702
accompaniment1709
accompanying1761
side dish1775
obbligato1825
shadow1830
rider1859
gadget1917
1775 Morning Chron. 30 May The New Musical Piece performed here yesterday evening is one of the many savoury side dishes which the Traiteur of this Ordinary from time to time serves up.
1822 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1971) V. 222 But he may be reserved for a side dish on our table of Chat when we meet.
1880 Independent (Goshen, Indiana) 14 Feb. 1/7 Even married people, nowadays, appear to have a considerable relish for a side-dish of flirtation.
1938 Hispania 21 153 The designation is apt, for this booklet is, in fact, a ‘dainty little salad’, a tasty side dish of a literary banquet.
2010 Business Lawyer 65 413 Nowadays, advice is the main course served up to investors; brokerage is the side dish.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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