Food / A2

di-ZURT/dɪˈzɜːt/

Dessert is sweet food at the end of a meal: what’s for dessert, a dessert menu, ice cream for dessert. Desert /ˈdezət/ is dry land — one s, different stress. Pudding is a British cousin, sometimes the same course. Starter and main come first. Do not write desert when you mean cake.

Meaning

Sweet food eaten at the end of a meal.

Examples

• “Would you like ice cream for dessert?”
• “We shared a dessert because we were full.”
• “The dessert was apple crumble with custard.”

Good to know

for dessert / a dessert menu. Mix-up: desert (dry land). British cousin: pudding.

Near in meaning

pudding

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