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dumpling definition

dump·ling (dump′liŋ)

noun

  1. a small piece of dough, steamed or boiled and served with meat or soup
  2. a crust of dough filled with fruit and steamed or baked
  3. Informal a short, fat person or animal

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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