dessert
/dĭ-zûrt′/
noun
- A service of pastry, fruits, or sweetmeats, at the close of a feast or entertainment; pastry, fruits, etc., forming the last course at dinner.
- a spoon used in eating dessert; a spoon intermediate in size between a teaspoon and a tablespoon.
- as much as a dessert spoon will hold, usually reckoned at about two and a half fluid drams.
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What is the plural of dessert?
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EnglishClub
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The correct form would be: "Ice cream is a kind of dessert." "Desserts" is the plural of "dessert".
Wiktionary
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desserts - Simple English Wiktionary
The plural form of dessert; more than one (kind of) dessert.
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Is dessert plural?
Dessert is plural plural singular both plural and singular both plural and singular both plural and singular plural singular singular.
Wiktionary
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dessert - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Note: It was erroneously suggested (e.g. in "Glucose syrups: Technology and Applications" (Peter Hull, 2010)) that the word is derived from the name of Benjamin Delessert, the inventor of beet sugar. However, the term predates him by at least a century. [edit] (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈzɜːt/ (US) enPR: dĭ-zûrt, IPA(key): /dɪˈzɝt/ Homophone: desert (noun sense “that which is deserved”, verb) Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t · [edit] dessert (countable and uncountable, plural desserts) The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc.
Encyclopedia Britannica
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Word of the Day · Quizzes · Core Vocabulary · Browse the Dictionary · The Britannica Dictionary · 2 ENTRIES FOUND: dessert (noun) dessert wine (noun) dessert /dɪˈzɚt/ noun · plural desserts · dessert · /dɪˈzɚt/ noun · plural desserts ...
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June 9, 2023 - I relished every bite of Dessert’s creamy texture. Dessert’s flavors danced on my taste buds. I appreciated Dessert’s artistic plating. Dessert’s aroma wafted through the room. The bakery is known for its signature Dessert’s. I couldn’t resist Dessert’s irresistible temptation. The plural possessive form of “Dessert” is “Desserts'”.
WordReference
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June 15, 2012 - If I meant that she had a sweet course after dinner, I would use the singular: She is found of having dessert after dinner. If the point was that she ate more than one type of sweet, I would say "She is fond of having several desserts after dinner." I would include a word like 'several' to clarify my meaning. The plural sounds strange to me without it.
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In American English, is the word Dessert plural? For example, should it be 'The Desserts Store' or 'The Dessert Store'? - Quora
Answer (1 of 6): …whether american, british, canadian, or australian english, nouns used as adjectives always take the singular form unless they end with -s in their singular forms (news report, arts class, brussels pastry) - these are called noun modifiers to distinguish them from single-word ...
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r/grammar on Reddit: "A majority of the desserts are/is gone" - what grammatical rule applies?
January 25, 2024 -
Was just playing games in the brain-training app Elevate, and I had marked this sentence as "A majority of the desserts is gone." Elevate marked my answer as incorrect, which I could understand based on the... what's it called, rule of proximity? But Elevate went on to say, "In sentences with portions, like a majority, the verb matches the noun after of. Since desserts is plural, the plural are is correct." Is this a grammatical rule involving portions that I didn't know about, or is that their way of mnemonically representing the rule of proximity? Thanks
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So yes, we use proximity agreement/the principle of proximity with "the/a majority of [plural]," and yes, that's what Elevate is saying. This article goes into more detail about proximity agreement and notional agreement (verb agreement based on meaning), which are the other two ways of doing verb agreement in English (subject-verb agreement is obviously the 3rd): https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/notional-agreement-subject-verb-principle-proximity Edit: "The/a majority of [plural] are ..." is also notional agreement.
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I know this isn't an asked-for response, but just to throw in my view, which is a gut feeling, I often like to break down what is being said, i.e. what are we actually talking about. Logically, the phrase being said must be speaking about two or more desserts. If it were only talking about one dessert, then for that group to be a majority, the number of desserts that have 'not gone' would be zero, meaning the total number of desserts within and without the 'gone' group is zero. Therefore, because the group being stated to be 'gone' of desserts is necessarily more than one dessert, we know that we are talking about a plurality of desserts. I also don't think this is one of those situations where you could use is/are depending on your mood. For example, that works with 'team', but I don't think it works in this context.
Collins Dictionary
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DESSERT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
Word forms: plural desserts · variable noun A2 · Dessert is something sweet, such as fruit or a pudding, that you eat at the end of a meal. She had homemade ice cream for dessert. I am partial to desserts that combine fresh fruit with fine pastry. Synonyms: pudding, sweet [informal], afters [British, informal], pud More Synonyms of dessert ·
Published March 26, 2018
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May 31, 2023 - The plural form of the word "dessert" is "desserts". Forming plural nouns can be difficult.
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What is the plural of desert?
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Netzverb Dictionary
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Declension German "Dessert" - All cases of the noun, plural, article | Netzverb Dictionary
August 6, 2018 - Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Dessert is crucial. Singular: das Dessert, des Desserts, dem Dessert, das Dessert · Plural: die Desserts, der Desserts, den Desserts, die Desserts
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November 14, 2021 - This morning at the family breakfast table, all five of us were trying to remember how to spell dessert. If you're like us, you have a hard time remember if dessert is spelled 'desert' or 'dessert.' (By the way, 'desert' is the place where cactus live and 'dessert' is the after dinner food that tastes so good.)
Merriam-Webster
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DESSERTS Synonyms: 16 Similar Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
Synonyms for DESSERTS: sweets, candies, sweetmeats, bits, delicacies, treats, goodies, junkets, dainties, viands
Cambridge Dictionary
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DESSERT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
DESSERT definition: 1. sweet food eaten at the end of a meal: 2. sweet food eaten at the end of a meal: 3. sweet food…. Learn more.