Meaning & use
dessert
A sweet dish served as the final course of a meal.
See it in a sentence
We ordered chocolate cake for dessert after finishing our dinner.
Grandma's apple pie was everyone's favorite dessert at holiday gatherings.
A note on using this word
Often confused with "desert," which is spelled with one "s" and means a dry, sandy region.
Words with a similar meaning
sweetpudding
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