'Dumpling' definitions:

Definition of 'dumpling'

(from WordNet)
noun
Small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough [syn: dumpling, dumplings]
noun
Dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry

Definition of 'Dumpling'

From: GCIDE
  • Dumpling \Dump"ling\, n. [Dimin. of dump an illshapen piece; cf. D. dompelen to plunge, dip, duck, Scot. to dump in to plunge into, and E. dump, v. t.] A roundish mass of dough boiled in soup, or as a sort of pudding; often, a cover of paste inclosing an apple or other fruit, and boiled or baked; as, an apple dumpling. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'dumpling'

From: GCIDE
  • Crust \Crust\ (kr?st), n. [L. crusta: cf. OF. crouste, F. cro[^u]te; prob. akin to Gr. ????? ice, E. crystal, from the same root as E. crude, raw. See Raw, and cf. Custard.]
  • 1. The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow. [1913 Webster]
  • I have known the statute of an emperor quite hid under a crust of dross. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • Below this icy crust of conformity, the waters of infidelity lay dark and deep as ever. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Cookery) (a) The hard exterior or surface of bread, in distinction from the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown dry or hard. (b) The cover or case of a pie, in distinction from the soft contents. (c) The dough, or mass of doughy paste, cooked with a potpie; -- also called dumpling. [1913 Webster]
  • Th' impenetrable crust thy teeth defies. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • He that keeps nor crust nor crumb. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • They . . . made the crust for the venison pasty. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Geol.) The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Zool.) The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Med.) A hard mass, made up of dried secretions blood, or pus, occurring upon the surface of the body. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. See Beeswing. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'dumpling'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Dumpling'