Meanings
plural plum puddings · alternative plum-pudding
- countableuncountableA pudding, cooked by boiling or steaming, containing a large amount of dried fruit.
1 more example
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."
2022 December 14, David Turner, “The Edwardian Christmas getaway...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 35
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 李子布丁
- 李子布丁 (lǐzi bùdīng)pudding containing a large amount of dried fruit
Esperanto prun’pudingo
- prun’pudingopudding containing a large amount of dried fruit
Finnish luumuvanukas
- luumuvanukaspudding containing a large amount of dried fruit
Irish maróg rísíní
- maróg rísínípudding containing a large amount of dried fruit
Italian budino di Natale, budino natalizio
- budino di Natalepudding containing a large amount of dried fruit
- budino nataliziopudding containing a large amount of dried fruit
Polish plum pudding
- plum puddingpudding containing a large amount of dried fruit
Portuguese pudim de passas
- pudim de passaspudding containing a large amount of dried fruit
Swedish plumpudding
- plumpuddingpudding containing a large amount of dried fruit
Welsh pwdin plwm
- pwdin plwmpudding containing a large amount of dried fruit
Cite this entry
plum pudding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plum%20pudding
“plum pudding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plum%20pudding. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plum pudding,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plum%20pudding.
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