Meanings
nounbeauty dish (plural beauty dishes)
plural beauty dishes
- artsA photographic lighting device that uses a parabolic reflector to distribute light towards a focal point.
Origin
So called from its dish-like shape and its use in portrait and fashion photography.
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beauty dish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beauty%20dish
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“beauty dish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beauty%20dish. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beauty dish,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beauty%20dish.
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