underdish

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noun

A dish used to support a tureen etc. and catch any spills.

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Meanings

noununderdish (plural underdishes)

plural underdishes

  1. A dish used to support a tureen etc. and catch any spills.

    Curiously, the underdish bears the mark of Peter Archambo, another silversmith, although Wickes's bill for the dish he supplied does include fashioning charges.

    1985, Kimerly Rorschach, Frederick, Prince Of Wales (1705-1751) as a Patron of the... (page 216)

Origin

under- + dish

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APA

underdish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underdish

MLA

“underdish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underdish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underdish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underdish.

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