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dessert

Definition

  • noun: sweet food eaten after the main part of a meal
  • noun: a usually sweet course or dish (as of pastry or ice cream) usually served at the end of a meal
  • sometimes used before another noun
  • synonyms: sweet, pudding, afters

Examples

  • Coffee and tea will be served with 'dessert'.

  • We had ice cream and apple pie 'for dessert'.

  • They asked to look at the 'dessert' menu.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) to propose a toast... to the Baroness and Baron Von Troken. May you aIways be Baron. Ahh, the famous Genovian pear and cheese dessert. What eIse? Ooh. WOMAN: ...to our country. You are nothing (..)
    2001 The Princess Diaries