pudding

CEFRA2

/ˈpʊdɪŋ/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A soft sweet food usually eaten as a dessert.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.

Examples

  • Roast beef is usually accompanied by Yorkshire pudding.

  • The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming, or from batter.

  2. A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.

  3. A sausage made primarily from blood.

More examples

In context

  • We have apple pie for pudding today.

  • The dishes in this chapter represent a range of multiethnic savory custards and steamed puddings, including a few surprises like a chèvre popover pudding and a bread pudding with lettuce and cheese.

  • Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From circa 1305, Middle English podynge (“kind of sausage; meat-filled animal stomach”), puddynge, from Old French boudin (“blood sausage, black pudding”), from Latin botellus (“sausage, small intestine”). Doublet of boudin. * An alternative etymology assumes origin from Proto-Germanic *put-, *pud- (“to swell”) (compare dialectal English pod (“belly”), Old English puduc (“wen, sore”), Low German puddig (“swollen”), Westphalian Puddek (“lump, pudding”), Puddewurst (“black pudding”). More at pout.