pudding

/'pudiɳ/

Thân thiện

The child happily eats a bowl of chocolate pudding.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A soft, sweet dessert: A type of food that is typically soft, sweet, and thickened, often with flour, eggs, or another starch, and cooked by baking, boiling, or steaming.
   • The dessert course of a meal (British usage): In British English, "pudding" can refer to the sweet course served at the end of a dinner, regardless of its specific type.
   • A savory dish: A soft, thick, baked dish that is not sweet, such as a meat or vegetable preparation.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Sweet Dessert):
  • We had chocolate pudding for dessert.
  • She makes a delicious rice pudding with raisins.
• Noun (British dessert course):
  • What's for pudding tonight?
  • We had apple pie and custard for pudding.
• Noun (Savory dish):
  • Yorkshire pudding is a traditional British side dish served with roast beef.
  • The steak and kidney pudding was very filling.

Advanced Usage

• "The proof of the pudding is in the eating": This idiom means that the true value or quality of something can only be judged by putting it to its intended use or by experiencing it directly.
  • The new software has many features, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating—we need to see if it actually makes our work easier.

Variants and Related Words

• Pud (n): An informal, chiefly British, shortening of "pudding."
  • Save room for pud!
• Corn pudding (n): A specific savory dish made from corn.
• Pudding basin (n): A deep, round bowl used for mixing and steaming puddings.

Synonyms

• Dessert: The sweet course eaten at the end of a meal.
• Custard: A dessert or sauce made with milk, eggs, and sugar, often similar in texture to some puddings.
• Flan: A baked dessert with a pastry base and a sweet filling, similar to some types of pudding.

Related Phrases

• More praise than pudding: Receiving more compliments or talk than actual, tangible benefits or rewards.
  • The new policy brought the employees more praise than pudding; their salaries remained the same.

Học thuật

Noun

1. any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed
2. (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally)
3. any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes
   • corn pudding

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