dumpling
noun/ˈdʌmplɪŋ/
/ˈdʌmplɪŋ/
- a small ball of dough (= a mixture of flour, fat and water) that is cooked and served with meat dishes or in soup
- chicken with herb dumplings
- a small ball of pastry, often with fruit in it, eaten as a dessert
- apple dumplings
Word Originearly 17th cent.: apparently from the rare adjective dump ‘of the consistency of dough’, although dumpling is recorded much earlier.
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