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disher

disher noun: a dish maker.

disher: a dish maker
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Noun

disher (plural dishers)

  1. (obsolete) A dish maker.
  2. (obsolete) One who dishes up food.
  3. (figuratively) One who dishes out or dispenses anything.
    • That anyone would willingly swap being the disher of easy criticism, second-guessing, amateur psychoanalysis, pious lectures and sundry other grief to become the dishee is probably cause for an intervention.2009 August 14, Jim Coyle, “Going from pulp to friction”, in Toronto Star
  4. A type of scoop with a lever that helps the user dig through hard substances such as ice cream.

Synonyms of disher

Forms of disher

pluraldishers

Origin of disher

dish + -er

Words formed from disher

Phrases with disher

Questions about disher

What does disher mean?
Disher means a dish maker.
What part of speech is disher?
Disher is a noun.
What is the plural of disher?
The plural of disher is dishers.

Words near disher in the dictionary

  1. dishelm
  2. dishelmed
  3. dishelming
  4. dishelms
  5. Dishels
  6. disher
  7. disher scoop
  8. disher scoops
  9. disherison
  10. disherit
  11. disheritance

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