dumpling
dumpling
Definition
dump·ling (dump′liŋ)
noun
- a small piece of dough, steamed or boiled and served with meat or soup
- a crust of dough filled with fruit and steamed or baked
- Informal a short, fat person or animal
Etymology: < ?
dumpling
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- steam: Small steamed dumplings called momos may be filled with meat or cheese.
- eat: Large Dumplings I just ate the largest dumpling I've ever seen.
- fill: Across northern China, where dry cereals are widely grown, filled dumplings and bread are very common.
- make: I saw my sister make the make the dumpling, which was boiled in a cloth.
- have: John had a dumpling for supper; my sister gave it him.
- add: You should now have a very tasty stew to add those dumplings to!
Modifies a noun
- soup: From a throw it all in the pan stir fry to a complicated dumpling soup Chinese food is a great British favorite.
Adjective modifier
- fried: The second floor has several dining sections where the fried dumplings are highly recommended.
- Chinese: We then had a go at making Chinese dumplings or Dim Sum.
- small: Everything seemed to be served with small, high-quality dumplings!
- grilled: A plate of grilled chicken dumplings ( £ 3.30 ) were different from the ones that came with the bento.
- large: Whenever there was prolonged snowy weather, my mother invariably made a large dumpling, owing to its high calorie content.
- little: You will live forever in our hearts my little dumpling.
Preposition: with
- filling: Other typical Polish dishes are fish soup, sauerkraut with wild mushrooms or peas and Polish dumplings with various fillings.
Noun used with modifier
- cloutie: Sample five festive malts along with cloutie dumpling, mince pies and a couple of other treats!
- clootie: They made a clootie dumpling, a huge round pudding tied up in a cloth.
- prawn: For starters I had the pork and prawn dumplings and my friend had spring rolls.
- rice: The first is the rice dumplings which are cooked for this event.
- potato: Just great lager and a simple range of snack meals ( consisting mainly of cheese dishes, pickled sausages and potato dumplings ).
- herb: The polenta and herb dumplings are light and filled with the flavor of the casserole.
Browse dictionary entries near dumpling
- dumping
- dumper
- dump truck
- dump
- dummy corporation
- dummy
- dummkopf
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Dumfries
- dumdum (bullet)
- dumps
- dumpsite
- Dumpster
- Dumpster Diving or Trashing
- dumpy
- dumpy level
- Dumyat
- dun
- Dun & Bradstreet
- Dun Laoghaire
