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dessert Definition

des·sert (di zʉrt)

noun

  1. ☆ a usually sweet course, as of pie, cake, or ice cream, served at the end of a meal
  2. Brit. uncooked fruit served after, or in place of, the sweet course

Etymology: ME < OFr < desservir, to clear the table < des- (L de), from + servir (L servire), serve

dessert Synonyms

dessert

n.

dessert Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • chill: Design a layered chilled dessert containing fruit, for one person.
  • skip: I just make sure I make wise food choices and skip dessert.
  • cook: Strictly speaking, puddings are cooked desserts: steamed, boiled and baked, as a rule.

Adjective modifier

  • scrumptious: Equally perfect as a scrumptious dessert after your Wedding Breakfast or as a Buffet for your Guests in the afternoon or evening.
  • delectable: You only need 10 to prepare this delectable dessert.
  • decadent: Serve with a generous dollop of brandy cream for a decadent dessert or with a drizzle of warm custard for a more traditional alternative.
  • mouth-watering: The mouth-watering desserts are well worth leaving room for!
  • heart-shaped: Our Mini Heart Baking Pan will make 6 attractive heart-shaped desserts or cakes for a dinner party or special occasion.
  • frozen: Arrange on 4 serving plates with a scoop of ice-cream or frozen dessert on each plate.

Modifies a noun

  • spoon: You should put a fresh dessert spoon full of seed in the hopper every day.
  • topping: Another successful extension of the Treat range has been flavored dessert toppings.
  • trolley: Give me the cheese board over the dessert trolley every time.
  • apple: Mr Robert Adams first bought this old English dessert apple to notice in 1826 under the name of Norfolk Pippin.
  • wine: Even the brief English presence is remembered in their gift of dessert wines to the island.
  • ware: The classic decorative use of the technique can be seen in the pierced arcaded borders of dessert wares of the 1790s.

Noun used with modifier

  • dairy: The retained business will concentrate on the manufacture of dairy desserts under retailer labels and the Mars brand.
  • soya: Provamel soya desserts in individual pots: chocolate, vanilla, hazelnuts all naturally sweetened are always a favorite.
  • chocolate: You shouldn't have ordered that chocolate dessert - you're not going to finish it.
  • cream: The meal is topped off with a cookies and cream dessert bar and an individual size bottle of spring water.
  • fruit: An assortment of curries for lunch with a fruit dessert.
dessert Quotes

Cheese for dessert is rather like Paradise Lost in that everyone thinks he ought to like it, but still you don't notice too many people actually curling up with it.

—Bracken, Peg

If this was adulthood, the only improvement she could detect inher situationwasthat nowshecould eat dessert without eating her vegetables.

—Alther, Lisa ne¤  e Reed

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