plural puddings
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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 the dessert category, custards and puddings are prohibited, but Texas HS BBQ made sure to emphasize that bread pudding is not actually a pudding. —
Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026 Another week in Charlotte’s food scene brought new openings, tough closings, a national honor for two local food halls and one very polarizing banana pudding take. —Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026 Smuggle a pudding cup past the TSA agents. —Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026 The proof of the bureaucratic pudding will be in the eating. —The Editorial Board, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pudding
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Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026 Another week in Charlotte’s food scene brought new openings, tough closings, a national honor for two local food halls and one very polarizing banana pudding take. —Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026 Smuggle a pudding cup past the TSA agents. —Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026 The proof of the bureaucratic pudding will be in the eating. —The Editorial Board, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pudding
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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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