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Definition of Dessert

1. Noun. A dish served as the last course of a meal.

Definition of Dessert

1. 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.

Definition of Dessert

1. Noun. A sweet confection served as the last course of a meal ¹

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Definition of Dessert

1. something served as the last course of a meal [n -S]

Medical Definition of Dessert

1. A service of pastry, fruits, or sweetmeats, at the close of a feast or entertainment; pastry, fruits, etc, forming the last course at dinner. ""An 't please your honor," quoth the peasant, "This same dessert is not so pleasant."" (Pope) Dessert spoon, a spoon used in eating dessert; a spoon intermediate in size between a teaspoon and a tablespoon. Dessert-spoonful, Dessert-spoonfuls, as much as a dessert spoon will hold, usually reckoned at about two and a half fluid drams. Origin: F, fr. Desservir to remove from table, to clear the table; pref. Des- (L. Dis-) + servir to serve, to serve at table. See Serve. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dessert

Literary usage of Dessert

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture: A Reference System of Commercial by Granville Lowther, William Worthington (1914)
"District No. в HIGHLY RECOMMENDED—dessert and market: Mayes (Austin) ... dessert: Kittatinny. RECOMMENDED — dessert, kitchen and market: Eldorado. ..."

2. Biennial Report by Oregon Board of Horticulture (1905)
"I claim that if the American people are given soft, nicely-flavored, well-prepared dessert prunes, as they know what is good as well as any people on earth, ..."

3. The book of household management by Isabella Mary Beeton, Beeton (Isabella Mary) (1861)
"At dessert, the slips being removed, the butler receives the dessert from ... Where the old-fashioned practice of having the dessert on the polished table ..."

4. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1893)
"But there is a likelihood that, as the drying of Plums becomes an industry of greater value, dessert Plums will assume an importance far beyond the position ..."

5. The Life of George Cruikshank: In Two Epochs by Blanchard Jerrold (1883)
"THREE COURSES AND A dessert." THE " Three Courses and a dessert," which Mr. William Clarke spread before the public some fifty years Bat ..."

6. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1844)
"Aromatic spices and warm seeds were much more frequently used at dessert a century ... Independently of the spices which composed the dessert, there were ..."

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