Dessert
[dɪ'zɜːt] or [dɪ'zɝt]
Definition
(n.) A service of pastry, fruits, or sweetmeats, at the close of a feast or entertainment; pastry, fruits, etc., forming the last course at dinner.
Checker: Olga
Definition
n. fruits confections &c. served at the close of an entertainment after the rest has been taken away.—ns. Dessert′-serv′ice the dishes used for dessert; Dessert′-spoon a spoon smaller than a table-spoon and larger than a tea-spoon used not so much for dessert as for pudding.
Editor: Will
Examples
- As soon as he had withdrawn the cloth and placed the dessert upon the table, he began to cough and place himself in an attitude of preparation. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- For dinner we had a woodcock with souffl?potatoes and pur閑 de marron, a salad, and zabaione for dessert. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Bella remaining invisible and silent, her father remained at his dessert and wine, until he remembered it was time for him to get home to Holloway. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The dessert was not carried out till after nine and at ten footmen were still running to and fro with trays and coffee- cups. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Rosabella and I were quietly taking our dessert together immediately after our early dinner, when I was astonished by the re-appearance of Meyler. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Politics set in a short time after dessert, when the ladies retired upstairs and talked about their complaints and their children. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Then came the dessert and some more toasts. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Let my fair readers remark for themselves this very evening when they quit the dessert-table and assemble to celebrate the drawing-room mysteries. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The dessert was a sort of black bread pudding with hard sauce. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I'll have blanc mange and strawberries for dessert, and coffee too, if you want to be elegant. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Then came the dessert. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Bella had brought dessert and two bottles of wine, thus shedding unprecedented splendour on the occasion. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I should hardly have thought it of you, my dear,' returned her father, first glancing at himself; and then at the dessert. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It had five well-marked foot-pads, an indication of long nails, and the whole print might be nearly as large as a dessert-spoon. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
Checked by Annabelle