noun
pudding
PUU-dihng
noun
1
A soft, sweet dessert, often milk- or egg-based, cooked or set until thick and creamy.
"She made chocolate pudding for dessert."
"The rice pudding was still warm from the oven."
2
In British English, the dessert course of a meal generally, regardless of what it actually is.
"What's for pudding tonight?"
3
A savoury dish, often a type of sausage, made from ingredients such as blood, suet, or meat encased and boiled or steamed.
"Black pudding is a traditional part of a full English breakfast."
How to Use Pudding
Learner’s notes
UK vs US
In the UK, "pudding" often just means dessert in general; in the US it usually refers specifically to the creamy custard-like dessert.
Common pairings
chocolate pudding
rice pudding
have pudding
black pudding
Word Forms
puddings plural
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Etymology
From Middle English podynge, originally referring to a stuffed sausage, from Old French boudin, "blood sausage," from Latin botellus, "small intestine, sausage."