dessert

Definitions

1. The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc.
   countable, uncountable
2. The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc
3. A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.
   countable, uncountable
4. a usu. sweet food, as cake, pudding, ice cream, or fruit, served as the final course of a meal.
5. A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal
6. A usually sweet course or dish, as of fruit, ice cream, or pastry, served at the end of a meal.
7. Chiefly British Fresh fruit, nuts, or sweetmeats served after the sweet course of a dinner.
   Chiefly British
8. (Cookery) the sweet, usually last course of a meal
9. (Cookery) chiefly Brit (esp formerly) fruit, dates, nuts, etc, served at the end of a meal
   chiefly
10. 'desert' as a nounA desert /'dezət/ is a large area of land where there is very little water or rain, no trees, and very few plants.They crossed the Sahara Desert.
11. 'desert' as a verbWhen people or animals desert /dɪ'zɜːt/ a place, they all leave it.Poor farmers are deserting their fields and coming here looking for jobs.
12. 'dessert'Dessert /dɪ'zɜːt/ is sweet food served at the end of a meal.For dessert there was ice cream.
13. A. N → postre mwhat's for dessert? → ¿qué hay de postre?
    N
14. B. CPD dessert apple N → manzana f para reposteríadessert plate N → plato m de postredessert wine N → vino m dulce (para el postre)
    CPD

Equivalents

Examples

“I ordered hummus for a starter, a steak as the main course, and chocolate cake for dessert.”

“Can I see⟳ the dessert menu, please⟳?”

“Trifle is a favourite dessert of the English, but rivalled by pavlova in Australia and New Zealand.”

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