Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plum pudding

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables: plum pud-ding
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pudding, cooked by boiling or steaming, containing a large amount of dried fruit.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In 1914, the Hendon and Finchley Times published a piece titled 'People who have no Christmas'. An engine-driver's comment was this: "For many years now I have never enjoyed a real Christmas. My engine has claimed me on this day, and my only regret is that I am not attached to a slow goods train, so that I could snatch time to eat some plum-pudding.""

Usage

Inflected Forms

plum puddings (plural) plum-pudding (alternative)

Phrases

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Frequently Paired Words

Christmas pudding figgy pudding fruitcake spotted dick

Synonyms

christmas pudding

Questions

What does plum pudding mean?: A pudding, cooked by boiling or steaming, containing a large amount of dried fruit.

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