plural puddings
1
2
a(1)
: a boiled or baked soft food usually with a cereal base
corn pudding
bread pudding
(2)
: a dessert of a soft, spongy, or thick creamy consistency
especially
: one made from sweetened milk or cream cooked with a thickener (such as eggs, flour, tapioca, or cornstarch) and usually flavored
chocolate/vanilla pudding
(3)
British
: dessert sense 1
b
: a dish often containing suet or having a suet crust and originally boiled in a bag
steak and kidney pudding
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For dessert, a seasonal treat (currently gajar walwa kulfi, warm spiced carrot pudding with ice cream) will be served.
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The set includes Aunt Petunia’s floating pudding cake and a detailed model of Tom Riddle’s diary with Harry Potter’s sock.
—Kelsey Fredricks, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
The View has collaborated with a couple of other New York institutions on exclusive cocktails, too: The Katz’s Martini combines gin and dry vermouth with Katz’s blend of pastrami spices, while the Whipped and Swirled plays on Magnolia Bakery’s banana pudding.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 12 Feb. 2025
Each bite was the perfect combination of creamy vanilla pudding and tangy raspberry flavor.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Jan. 2025
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The set includes Aunt Petunia’s floating pudding cake and a detailed model of Tom Riddle’s diary with Harry Potter’s sock.
—Kelsey Fredricks, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
The View has collaborated with a couple of other New York institutions on exclusive cocktails, too: The Katz’s Martini combines gin and dry vermouth with Katz’s blend of pastrami spices, while the Whipped and Swirled plays on Magnolia Bakery’s banana pudding.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 12 Feb. 2025
Each bite was the perfect combination of creamy vanilla pudding and tangy raspberry flavor.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Pudding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pudding. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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pudding
noun
pud·ding
ˈpu̇d-iŋ 
1
: a boiled or baked soft food usually with a cereal base
corn pudding
2
: a soft, spongy, or thick creamy dessert
bread pudding
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