Box and Dish

Box

Box noun - A covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things.

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Dish and box are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dish" instead a noun "Box".

Nearby Word: boxed

Dish noun - A usually circular utensil for holding something (as food).

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Box and dish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Box" instead a noun "Dish".

Nearby Words: dished, dishing, dishy, dishful

old	old box	old dish
full	full box	full dish
nice	nice box	nice dish
special	special box	special dish
Other adjectives: original, single, simple, empty, actual, entire, real, large, big, huge, blue, little, new, traditional, next, last, said, giant.

MacGyvering: Stroud turns a glass bottle into a water dish, an apple box into a bird cage and is even able to MacGyver up new cures for diseases.

Source: Film / Birdman of Alcatraz
He once participated in a Mystery Box challenge on MasterChef and spent half the time talking to his co-hosts, observing the contestants, and kicking back with a mug of tea before whipping up a restaurant-class dish without breaking a sweat.

Source: Creator / Gordon Ramsay

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