dessert

/di'zə:t/

Thân thiện

A child happily eats a colorful dessert after dinner.

Definition

Noun: 1. A sweet dish served at the end of a meal: The final course of a meal, typically consisting of something sweet like cake, pie, ice cream, or fruit.

Usage

"Dessert" is used to refer to the sweet food eaten after the main courses of a meal. It is a countable noun.

Examples

• We had chocolate cake for dessert.
• The restaurant offers a selection of delicious desserts.
• Would you like to see the dessert menu?

Advanced Usage

• "to be dessert": Used informally to describe something exceptionally pleasing or enjoyable, as if it were a treat.
  • That victory was pure dessert for the team after a difficult season.
• "just desserts": A phrase (often misspelled as "just deserts") meaning a deserved punishment or reward.
  • He got his just desserts for cheating.

Variants and Related Words

• Dessertspoon (n): A spoon intermediate in size between a teaspoon and a tablespoon, used for eating dessert.
• Dessert wine (n): A sweet wine typically served with dessert.

Synonyms

• Sweet (chiefly British English)
• Pudding (chiefly British English)
• Afters (Informal British English)
• Treat

Related Phrases

• Dessert course: Another term for the dessert part of the meal.
• Dessert cart/trolley: A wheeled cart from which diners choose their dessert in a restaurant.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a dish served as the last course of a meal

Từ đồng nghĩa

• sweet
• afters