PUDDING


Meaning of PUDDING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pʊdɪŋ ]

( puddings)

1.

A pudding is a cooked sweet food made with flour, fat, and eggs, and usually served hot.

...a cherry sponge pudding with warm custard.

N-VAR

2.

Some people refer to the sweet course of a meal as the pudding . ( BRIT )

...a menu featuring canapes, a starter, a main course and a pudding...

= dessert, sweet

N-VAR

3.

see also Yorkshire pudding

4.

If you say the proof of the pudding or the proof of the pudding is in the eating , you mean that something new can only be judged to be good or bad after it has been tried or used.

PHRASE

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.