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pudding

DEFINITIONS OF: pudding

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n any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes

“corn pudding
Types:
carrot pudding
pudding made with grated carrots
corn pudding
pudding made of corn and cream and egg
Type of:
dish
a particular item of prepared food

n any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed

Types:
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flummery
a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal
Christmas pudding, plum pudding
a rich steamed or boiled pudding that resembles cake
steamed pudding
a pudding cooked by steaming
duff, plum duff
a stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron
vanilla pudding
sweet vanilla flavored custard-like pudding usually thickened with flour rather than eggs
chocolate pudding
sweet chocolate flavored custard-like pudding usually thickened with flour rather than eggs
brown Betty
baked pudding of apples and breadcrumbs
Nesselrode, Nesselrode pudding
a rich frozen pudding made of chopped chestnuts and maraschino cherries and candied fruits and liqueur or rum
pease pudding
a pudding made with strained split peas mixed with egg
tapioca pudding
sweet pudding thickened with tapioca
roly-poly, roly-poly pudding
pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and rolled up and baked or steamed
suet pudding
a sweet or savory pudding made with suet and steamed or boiled
spotted dick
a suet pudding containing currants
Type of:
afters, dessert, sweet
a dish served as the last course of a meal

n (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally)

Synonyms:
pud
Types:
trifle
a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
tipsy cake
a trifle soaked in wine and decorated with almonds and candied fruit
Type of:
afters, dessert, sweet
a dish served as the last course of a meal
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