dessert

des·sert  (d-zûrt)

n.

1. A usually sweet course or dish, as of fruit, ice cream, or pastry, served at the end of a meal.

2. Chiefly British Fresh fruit, nuts, or sweetmeats served after the sweet course of a dinner.

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[French, from Old French desservir, to clear the table : des-, de- + servir, to serve; see serve.]

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dessert

Noun

the sweet course served at the end of a meal [French]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dessert - a dish served as the last course of a meal afters, sweet course - part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three course meal" ambrosia - fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut baked Alaska - cake covered with ice cream and meringue browned quickly in an oven blancmange - sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded charlotte - a mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard compote, fruit compote - dessert of stewed or baked fruit dumpling - dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry flan - open pastry filled with fruit or custard frozen dessert - any of various desserts prepared by freezing junket - dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet mousse - a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream pavlova - a dessert consisting of a meringue base or cup filled with fruit and whipped cream peach melba - ice cream and peaches with a liqueur whip - a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit pudding - any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed pud, pudding - (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally) sillabub, syllabub - sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor tiramisu - an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate sabayon, zabaglione - light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled mould, mold - a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold; "a lobster mold"; "a gelatin dessert made in a mold"

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dessert

noun pudding, sweet (informal) afters Brit. (informal) second course, last course, sweet course

Translations

dessert [dɪˈzəːt] n → postre m

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dessert [dɪˈzəːt] n → dessert m

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dessert [dɪˈzəːt] n → Nachtisch m, Dessert nt

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dessert [dɪˈzəːt] n → dolce m; frutta