'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
- blimp,
- fedellini,
- fettuccine,
- Italian paste,
- knaydlach,
- lasagne,
- macaroni,
- matzo balls,
- noodles,
- pasta,
- paste,
- ravioli,
- spaetzle,
- spaghetti,
- spaghettini,
- vermicelli,
- won ton,
- ziti