pudding

noun

Simple meaning

Any of different soft thick unsweetened baked dishes.

Pronunciation

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puuding

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈpʊdɪŋ

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Definition

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noun

Any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes
Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming, or from batter.
A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.
A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.
british
The dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally)
UKAustraliaNew Zealand
Dessert; the dessert course of a meal.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty: B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
Frequency: Moderately Common
Typical Use: Neutral / general English

Word Aura™

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Aura for this meaning

This meaning: Any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes

Used this way, pudding is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone: Neutral
Formality: Neutral
Intensity: Not strongly marked
How common: Moderately common
Connotation: Matter-of-fact
Usage feel: Neutral and straightforward

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Common Patterns and Combinations

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Various / cake

bread pudding

Dessert

tapioca pudding

Sausage

chocolate pudding

Food

rice puddingmilk pudding

Other combinations

vanilla puddingcorn puddingsuet pudding

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Word Family

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Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

pudding-facenounCompound term
A large fat human face.
pudding headnounCompound term
A person who is not very bright.
pudding pipe treenounCompound term
Deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally.
pudding stonenounCompound term
A composite rock made up of particles of varying size.
pudding-wifenounCompound term
Bluish and bronze wrasse.
pudding berrynounCompound term
Creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots.

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