pudding

Universal Words (also informal pud) (both BrE) noun [U,C] 1 a sweet dish eaten at the end of a meal: What's for pudding? * I haven't made a pudding today. SYNAFTERS, DESSERT, SWEET 2 (BrE) a hot sweet dish, often like a cake, made from flour, fat and eggs with fruit, jam, etc. in or on it: treacle pudding * bread and butter pudding (= made with bread, butter and milk) seealsoCHRISTMASPUDDING, RICEPUDDING, SPONGEPUDDING, SUMMERPUDDING 3 (BrE) a hot dish like a pie with soft pastry made from flour, fat and eggs and usually filled with meat: a steak and kidney pudding 4 (AmE) a cold DESSERT (= a sweet dish) like cream flavoured with fruit, chocolate, etc: chocolate pudding seealsoBLACKPUDDING, YORKSHIREPUDDING IDIOMS see OVER-EGG, PROOF