plural puddings
1
2
a(1)
: a boiled or baked soft food usually with a cereal base
corn pudding
bread pudding
(2)
: a dessert of a soft, spongy, or thick creamy consistency
especially
: one made from sweetened milk or cream cooked with a thickener (such as eggs, flour, tapioca, or cornstarch) and usually flavored
chocolate/vanilla pudding
(3)
British
: dessert sense 1
b
: a dish often containing suet or having a suet crust and originally boiled in a bag
steak and kidney pudding
Examples of pudding in a Sentence
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The menu was rich in family recipes, from Mama Jennie’s cabbage soup, a recipe Eddie Thal’s mother brought with her from Russia, to the noodle pudding and beet borscht.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
Get The Recipe 20 of 35 Buttermilk Spoon Bread
Think of this dish as a savory pudding and versatile side dish that can complete any holiday meal.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 20 Mar. 2024
Instant pudding sets differently and is thicker than pudding made on the stovetop; cook-and-serve pudding will not work here.
—Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024
Hurtado stars at dessert, so don’t forget to order it too: banana pudding or peach, pumpkin or Key lime empanadas (hand pies).
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2024
His personal barber trimmed and shaped their pudding bowl haircuts.
—Glenn Frankel, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2024
The chefs used hops in infused oils, chimichurri, corn puree, honey and pudding, from savory to sweet.
—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2024
Jones still makes his father’s secret sauce, and Marci makes some of her own recipes for dessert, including chocolate cakes made with hot coffee and cinnamon, fresh banana pudding, peach cobbler and buttermilk pie.
—Jenny Rudolph, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Mar. 2024
But there’s one flavor that will never leave the menu: banana pudding.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 1 Mar. 2024
Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
Get The Recipe 20 of 35 Buttermilk Spoon Bread
Think of this dish as a savory pudding and versatile side dish that can complete any holiday meal.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 20 Mar. 2024
Instant pudding sets differently and is thicker than pudding made on the stovetop; cook-and-serve pudding will not work here.
—Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024
Hurtado stars at dessert, so don’t forget to order it too: banana pudding or peach, pumpkin or Key lime empanadas (hand pies).
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2024
His personal barber trimmed and shaped their pudding bowl haircuts.
—Glenn Frankel, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2024
The chefs used hops in infused oils, chimichurri, corn puree, honey and pudding, from savory to sweet.
—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2024
Jones still makes his father’s secret sauce, and Marci makes some of her own recipes for dessert, including chocolate cakes made with hot coffee and cinnamon, fresh banana pudding, peach cobbler and buttermilk pie.
—Jenny Rudolph, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Mar. 2024
But there’s one flavor that will never leave the menu: banana pudding.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 1 Mar. 2024
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pudding
noun
pud·ding
ˈpu̇d-iŋ 
1
: a boiled or baked soft food usually with a cereal base
corn pudding
2
: a soft, spongy, or thick creamy dessert
bread pudding
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