cold dish

noun

A meal served and eaten cold.

Meanings

nouncold dish (plural cold dishes)

plural cold dishes

  1. A meal served and eaten cold.

    Refreshments will be provided in the bar, and cold dishes and light hot meals will be served in the saloon.

    1951 July, “Buffet Cars in Denmark”, in Railway Magazine, page 432

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 涼菜 /凉菜
  • 涼菜 /凉菜 (liángcài)Translations
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Chicago

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