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PUD-ing/ˈpʊdɪŋ/

Pudding is sweet food you eat after the main meal — British English. What is for pudding?; sticky toffee pudding. Dessert means the same in many restaurants; pudding is the homely British word. Cake is one kind of sweet food. Often uncountable: some pudding; some names are countable: a pudding.

Meaning

A sweet food you eat after a meal (British); also a cooked sweet dish.

Examples

• “What would you like for pudding?”
• “We had ice cream for pudding.”
• “This pudding is too sweet for me.”

Good to know

British pudding = dessert after a meal. Contrast: cake (one type). What is for pudding?

Near in meaning

dessert

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