pudding

pud·ding | \ ˈpu̇-diŋ

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Definition of pudding

1 : blood sausage

2a(1) : a boiled or baked soft food usually with a cereal base corn pudding bread pudding

(2) : a dessert of a soft, spongy, or thick creamy consistency chocolate pudding

(3) British : dessert sense 1

b : a dish often containing suet or having a suet crust and originally boiled in a bag steak and kidney pudding

Examples of pudding in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Similar to Humphry Slocombe, Frankie & Jo’s has owners with a culinary background who create fascinating flavors like oatnog, cured persimmon pudding, and the brand’s signature salty caramel ash. — Naomi Tomky, Fortune, "Peak Plant-Based Ice Cream Is Here," 1 Jan. 2020 The cubes of crusty whole grain bread absorb the milk and egg mixture, so that once baked, the casserole puffs gloriously with a bread pudding-like texture inside and a crispy top. — Ellie Krieger, Washington Post, "Close out your holidays on a lighter note with a sumptuous breakfast strata," 19 Dec. 2019 Pastry, pudding and cheese were to be eaten with a fork. — Dan Danbom, The Denver Post, "Don’t blow your nose in a napkin and use the right fork. Whatever happened to manners?," 17 Oct. 2019 The dessert display tempts with black forest cake, bread pudding and Bierkuchen, a chocolate and white cake with black beer, whipped cream, and chocolate truffle. — orlandosentinel.com, "2019 Orlando Sentinel Best Bets: Dining & Restaurants winners," 5 Oct. 2019 Back home in Ireland, the Irish harvested this seaweed for uses like making pudding and clarifying beer. — Emily Toomey, Smithsonian, "The Most Irish Town in America Was Built on Seaweed," 23 July 2019 Gemini astronauts enjoyed their bite-sized food-cubes coated in gelatin (yum), and better packaging brought exciting new menu choices such as chicken with vegetables, butterscotch pudding and applesauce. — Bethany Jean Clement, Twin Cities, "Tang went to the moon and is still popular today (but not in the good old USA)," 20 July 2019 Burrow is a little thinner than Romo - 8 to 10 pounds - but Joe will probably put on weight, a little pudding after getting smacked in the forehead a few times in Cincinnati. — Dave Clark, Cincinnati.com, "Colin Cowherd: 'Joe Burrow is Tony Romo'; Ohio State not a big school," 16 Jan. 2020 The noodle kugel, a sort of a baked noodle casserole, of egg noodles cooked in a custard similar to a bread pudding, has always been a standard. — Stacey Ballis, chicagotribune.com, "Break the fast for Yom Kippur with mini noodle kugels and everything bagel salad," 2 Oct. 2019

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“Pudding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pudding. Accessed 19 Feb. 2020.

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pudding

noun

English Language Learners Definition of pudding

US : a thick, sweet, soft, and creamy food that is usually eaten cold at the end of a meal

: a sweet, soft food that is made of rice, bread, etc.

British : a hot dish like a pie that has a mixture of meat or vegetables inside of it

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Kids Definition of pudding

: a soft creamy dessert

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