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AHFT-uh-z/ˈɑːftəz/

Afters is informal UK for pudding or dessert. Pudding is the everyday UK twin; dessert is more formal or restaurant language. Canteens: afters is yoghurt; a second pudding is not on the free-school-meal allowance.

Meaning

Pudding or dessert, especially in informal UK speech.

Examples

• “Afters in the canteen is yoghurt; a second pudding is not on the free-school-meal allowance.”
• “What’s for afters? is informal; the menu will say pudding or dessert.”

Good to know

Informal UK. Close: pudding / dessert. School canteens. Treated as uncountable or plural in form. Not used on formal menus.

Near in meaning

pudding, dessert

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