Meanings
nounblack pudding (countable and uncountable, plural black puddings)
plural black puddings
- countableuncountableA blood sausage made from minced pork, pork blood, cereal (oats or barley), and spices; eaten at breakfast and combined in starters and salads.
Breakfast was an equally prodigious event: mushrooms, tomatoes, more kidneys, fried bread, black pudding.
1996, Condé Nast's Traveler (volume 31, page 128)
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna black sausage containing pig's blood and other ingredients
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Translations
Ancient Greek φύσκη
- φύσκη (phúskē)pork blood sausage with high proportion of cereal
Bulgarian кървави́ца
- кървави́ца (kărvavíca)pork blood sausage with high proportion of cereal
Finnish verimakkara kaurasta tai ohrasta, veripalttu
- verimakkara kaurasta tai ohrastapork blood sausage with high proportion of cereal
- veripalttupork blood sausage with high proportion of cereal
Hungarian véres hurka
- véres hurkapork blood sausage with high proportion of cereal
Latin botulus
- botuluspork blood sausage with high proportion of cereal
Polish kaszanka
- kaszankapork blood sausage with high proportion of cereal
Russian кровяна́я колбаса́
- кровяна́я колбаса́ (krovjanája kolbasá)pork blood sausage with high proportion of cereal
Spanish morcilla
- morcillapork blood sausage with high proportion of cereal
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APA
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “black pudding,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20pudding.
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