dessert
The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc.
Example
“I ordered hummus for a starter, a steak as the main course, and chocolate cake for dessert.”
Other meanings
A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.
“Trifle is a favourite dessert of the English, but rivalled by pavlova in Australia and New Zealand.”
Synonyms
- sweet
Kinds of dessert
- frozen dessert
- whip
- pudding
- mold
Related words
- dessertful
- dessertspoon
- dessertware
- dessert fork
- dessert grape
- dessert-plate
- dessert spoon
- dessert wine
- dessertlike
- nondessert
- dessertless
- desserty
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle French "dessert".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “dessert” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.