plum pudding

noun

: a rich boiled or steamed pudding containing fruits and spices

Examples of plum pudding in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The palate offers flavors of plum pudding, spiced pear, and buttered soda bread. — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025

The palate is viscous slightly beyond its proof, and those dark fruits carry over well, rich in fig, plum pudding, and mulberry; t’s like a vanilla tart topped with fresh berries underneath a sugary glaze. — David Thomas Tao, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025

Eliza Acton, a leading cookbook author of the day who helped to rebrand plum pudding as Christmas pudding, offered a particularly frugal recipe that relied on potatoes and carrots. — Troy Bickham, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2023

Puddings, as a genre of food, were popular in England and America in the 18th Century, and plum pudding was sometimes referred to as Christmas pudding. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1630, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for plum pudding

• gooding
• wooding

Kids Definition

plum pudding

noun

: a rich boiled or steamed pudding containing fruits (as raisins) and spices