dessert
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dessert /dɪˈzəːt/
▶noun the sweet course eaten at the end of a meal.
– origin C16: from Fr., past part. of desservir ‘clear the table’.
'dessert' also found in these Oxford entries:
afters
- baked Alaska
- baklava
- Bartlett pear
- bavarois
- bergamot
- blancmange
- Blenheim Orange
- bombe
- Braeburn
- Comice
- compote
- Conference
- coupe
- cream
- crème brûlée
- crème caramel
- crêpe Suzette
- custard
- dessertspoon
- dessert wine
- fool
- gala
- Golden Delicious
- Granny Smith
- Grenache
- ice cream
- ice milk
- jello
- jelly
- Knickerbocker Glory
- McIntosh
- marquise
- Marsala
- may
- moscato
- panna cotta
- parfait
- pavlova
- Pearmain
- pippin
- pudding
- Red Delicious
- rhubarb
- russet
- semifreddo
- shortcake
- Spartan
- strudel
