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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Try making chia pudding for a blood sugar-friendly breakfast option.
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 9 June 2025
Alongside the chance to chat with their industry friends and peers, guests enjoyed a three-course menu that included sea bass, beef carpaccio, cauliflower quinoa, dry age sirloin, chalk stream trout and sticky toffee pudding, plus Thienot Brut champagne and Soho House’s signature Picante cocktail.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 9 June 2025
In the South, everyone has a favorite: icebox pies and cakes, no-bake cheesecakes, banana pudding, trifles, tiramisu, and the list goes on and on.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 6 June 2025
They can be added to smoothies, pudding, yogurt, or salads.
—Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 14 May 2025
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 9 June 2025
Alongside the chance to chat with their industry friends and peers, guests enjoyed a three-course menu that included sea bass, beef carpaccio, cauliflower quinoa, dry age sirloin, chalk stream trout and sticky toffee pudding, plus Thienot Brut champagne and Soho House’s signature Picante cocktail.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 9 June 2025
In the South, everyone has a favorite: icebox pies and cakes, no-bake cheesecakes, banana pudding, trifles, tiramisu, and the list goes on and on.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 6 June 2025
They can be added to smoothies, pudding, yogurt, or salads.
—Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 14 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for pudding
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“Pudding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pudding. Accessed 17 Jun. 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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