pudding

noun

pud·ding ˈpu̇-diŋ

plural puddings

: blood sausage

a(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

especially : one made from sweetened milk or cream cooked with a thickener (such as eggs, flour, tapioca, or cornstarch) and usually flavored

chocolate/vanilla pudding

(3)

British : dessert sense 1

: a dish often containing suet or having a suet crust and originally boiled in a bag

steak and kidney pudding

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There’s usually a creamy vegetable soup to start, and three choices of mains (meat, fish, and vegetarian dishes like rich risottos or spooling piles of noodles or pasta), plus moreish desserts like homemade strawberry ice cream, sticky toffee pudding, or turmeric lemon posset. —

Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2024 Vanilla extract: Helps to enhance the chocolate notes and compliment the flavors of the pudding packet. —

Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2024 One recipe in this cookbook was for a pumpkin pudding made with nutmeg and allspice and served in a crust. —

Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2024 Layer prepared instant pudding with candy to make a pudding and candy parfait. —

Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pudding