Meaning & use
cobbler dessert
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Meaning
nouncountable or uncountable
A baked dessert made with fruit covered by a thick, soft crust or biscuit topping.
Grammar: Can be countable (a cobbler, two cobblers) or uncountable when talking about the food in general.
Patterns
- a peach cobbler
- serve cobbler with ice cream
We had apple cobbler for dessert last night.
She made a peach cobbler with fresh summer fruit.
The cobbler was still warm from the oven and smelled wonderful.
Word forms
| plural | cobblers |
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Common combinations
- peach cobbler
- Peach cobbler is a classic Southern dessert.
- apple cobbler
- He ordered apple cobbler with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
- berry cobbler
- We picked berries and baked a berry cobbler.
- serve cobbler warm
- Serve the cobbler warm with cream.
Synonyms and how they differ
Word family
- cobbler noun
- The dessert itself, or a person who makes or repairs shoes.
Commonly confused: cobbler dessert or cobbler?
cobbler dessert vs cobbler
As a food word, cobbler usually means the dessert; but it can also mean a shoemaker, so context is important.
Practice
What is a cobbler dessert?
Choose one answer.
A cobbler is a baked fruit dessert with a soft, biscuit-like topping. Option A describes ice cream, option C describes a pie, and option D describes a cake, so they are not correct.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “cobbler dessert”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.