Resembling or having the appearance or shape of a dish; somewhat dish-shaped.
From English 'dish' (from Old English 'disc', from Latin 'discus') combined with the suffix '-like' (from Old English 'lic', meaning 'similar to'). The compound emerged in Middle English to describe objects with dish-shaped characteristics.
Many natural structures are 'dishlike' — from the concave shape of seashells to the way galaxies curve in space. This shows how a simple household object became a template for describing nature's geometry.
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