Dessert
noun
A sweet food, often eaten after the main part of a meal.
We had apple pie for dessert.
Often appears as...
- have dessert
- sweet dessert
noun
A place that is dry and where few plants grow, often because it is covered with sand.
The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert.
Often appears as...
- hot desert
- cold desert
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Technical
noun
Something that is deserved or merited, especially a punishment.
They got their just desserts when their schemes were exposed.
Often appears as...
- just desserts
- earn your desserts
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Disapproving
Idiomatic
noun
A sweet food, often eaten after the main part of a meal.
We had apple pie for dessert.
Often appears as...
- have dessert
- sweet dessert
noun
A place that is dry and where few plants grow, often because it is covered with sand.
The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert.
Often appears as...
- hot desert
- cold desert
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Something that is deserved or merited, especially a punishment.
They got their just desserts when their schemes were exposed.
Often appears as...
- just desserts
- earn your desserts
Usage tips
Disapproving
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Course Sequence
Dessert is typically the final course in a meal and is expected to be sweet.
After finishing our steak, we were excited to see what dessert would be.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Cake
Dessert encompasses a variety of sweet foods, not just baked goods or cakes.
For dessert, we can choose between ice cream, fruit salad, or cheese platter.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Variations
What's considered dessert can vary widely across different cultures and cuisines.
In some countries, sweetened beans or rice might be a traditional dessert.
Pro Tip 1/3Course Sequence
Dessert is typically the final course in a meal and is expected to be sweet.
After finishing our steak, we were excited to see what dessert would be.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Cake
Dessert encompasses a variety of sweet foods, not just baked goods or cakes.
For dessert, we can choose between ice cream, fruit salad, or cheese platter.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Variations
What's considered dessert can vary widely across different cultures and cuisines.
In some countries, sweetened beans or rice might be a traditional dessert.
Pro Tip 1/3Course Sequence
Dessert is typically the final course in a meal and is expected to be sweet.
After finishing our steak, we were excited to see what dessert would be.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Cake
Dessert encompasses a variety of sweet foods, not just baked goods or cakes.
For dessert, we can choose between ice cream, fruit salad, or cheese platter.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Variations
What's considered dessert can vary widely across different cultures and cuisines.
In some countries, sweetened beans or rice might be a traditional dessert.
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Medicine's future?...
might want to watch how much dessert I have the lunch break for example it might change my behavior leveraging my knowledge of my pharmacogenetics how my genes modulate what my drugs do and what doses I need are going to become increasingly important and what's in the hands of the individual and the patient will make better drug dosing and
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Daniel Kraft: Medicine's...
I might want to watch how much dessert I have at lunch, for example. It might change my behavior. Leveraging my knowledge of my how my genes modulate, what my drugs do and what doses I need will become increasingly important, and once in the hands of individuals and patients, will make better drug dosing and selection available.
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How sugar affects the...
So are high-fructose corn syrup, fruit juice, raw sugar, and honey. And sugar isn't just in candies and desserts, it's also added to tomato sauce, yogurt, dried fruit, flavored waters, or granola bars. Since sugar is everywhere, it's important to understand how it affects the brain. What happens when sugar hits your tongue?
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Bruce Feiler: Agile...
Kick someone, lose desserts for a month. It turns out, by the way, our girls are little Stalins. We constantly have to kind of dial them back. Now look, naturally there's a gap between their kind of conduct in these meetings and their behavior the rest of the week, but the truth is it didn't really bother us.
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The Infinite Hotel...
and room pi, where the guests expect free dessert. What self-respecting night manager would ever want to work there even for an infinite salary? But over at Hilbert's Infinite Hotel, where there's never any vacancy and always room for more, the scenarios faced by the ever-diligent
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The Water Crisis PIPE...
i'm taking a trip across town to meet chef babette davis owner of stuff i eat in inglewood she's been preparing vegan delights for the last 30 years voila her food is so hard to resist you started with dessert and you started without me you put yum in front of me i'm gonna
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Making people laugh PIPE...
he still choke down dessert for cash maybe the wandering led me to my first lesson if you haven't worked with someone in over five years have you really worked with them before you talk about someone think of your view of them is current our impressions of people can
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The difference between...
I completely lost it. With an intentionally angry edge, I screamed, "Everybody just shut up and do what I say! You are the worst! I am going to take away screen time and dessert and anything else you could possibly ever enjoy in life!"
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Iguana vs Snakes 360° PIPE...
the desserts you can see basking our marine iguanas they're only found here they feed exclusively on seaweed and dive up to nine meters beneath the waves to get it making them the only marine lizards in the world they're
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Meet the Ninja Gecko PIPE...
finds the sweet stash and like the ants wraps it up for dessert well if the honeydew is sweet and the ants need to do to help what the heck gecko number two is um where is gecko number two it
Video examples
Medicine's future?...
might want to watch how much dessert I have the lunch break for example it might change my behavior leveraging my knowledge of my pharmacogenetics how my genes modulate what my drugs do and what doses I need are going to become increasingly important and what's in the hands of the individual and the patient will make better drug dosing and
Video examples
Daniel Kraft: Medicine's...
I might want to watch how much dessert I have at lunch, for example. It might change my behavior. Leveraging my knowledge of my how my genes modulate, what my drugs do and what doses I need will become increasingly important, and once in the hands of individuals and patients, will make better drug dosing and selection available.
Video examples
How sugar affects the...
So are high-fructose corn syrup, fruit juice, raw sugar, and honey. And sugar isn't just in candies and desserts, it's also added to tomato sauce, yogurt, dried fruit, flavored waters, or granola bars. Since sugar is everywhere, it's important to understand how it affects the brain. What happens when sugar hits your tongue?
Video examples
Bruce Feiler: Agile...
Kick someone, lose desserts for a month. It turns out, by the way, our girls are little Stalins. We constantly have to kind of dial them back. Now look, naturally there's a gap between their kind of conduct in these meetings and their behavior the rest of the week, but the truth is it didn't really bother us.
Video examples
The Infinite Hotel...
and room pi, where the guests expect free dessert. What self-respecting night manager would ever want to work there even for an infinite salary? But over at Hilbert's Infinite Hotel, where there's never any vacancy and always room for more, the scenarios faced by the ever-diligent
Video examples
The Water Crisis PIPE...
i'm taking a trip across town to meet chef babette davis owner of stuff i eat in inglewood she's been preparing vegan delights for the last 30 years voila her food is so hard to resist you started with dessert and you started without me you put yum in front of me i'm gonna
Video examples
Making people laugh PIPE...
he still choke down dessert for cash maybe the wandering led me to my first lesson if you haven't worked with someone in over five years have you really worked with them before you talk about someone think of your view of them is current our impressions of people can
Video examples
The difference between...
I completely lost it. With an intentionally angry edge, I screamed, "Everybody just shut up and do what I say! You are the worst! I am going to take away screen time and dessert and anything else you could possibly ever enjoy in life!"
Video examples
Iguana vs Snakes 360° PIPE...
the desserts you can see basking our marine iguanas they're only found here they feed exclusively on seaweed and dive up to nine meters beneath the waves to get it making them the only marine lizards in the world they're
Video examples
Meet the Ninja Gecko PIPE...
finds the sweet stash and like the ants wraps it up for dessert well if the honeydew is sweet and the ants need to do to help what the heck gecko number two is um where is gecko number two it
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Michelle Obama
American First Lady
Sometimes, it's just easier to say yes to that extra snack or dessert, because frankly, it is exhausting to keep saying no. It's exhausting to plead with our kids to eat just one more bite of vegetables.
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Camila Mendes
American Actress
It's fine to eat dessert when I want to eat dessert because that will give me the peace of mind I need. I'll know that if I ate chocolate cake, maybe I won't the next day.
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William Powell
American Actor
Dessert is probably the most important stage of the meal, since it will be the last thing your guests remember before they pass out all over the table.
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Adriano Zumbo
Australian Chef
I have the pleasure of being surrounded by desserts and chocolate. If that makes me a sex symbol then great, but it's not my aim in life.
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Katie Hopkins
English Entertainer
When the only thing you look forward to in life is lunch, you know you have had your just desserts, and it is time to call it a day.
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Sherry Yard
American Chef
Desserts are my life - making them, eating them, and teaching others how to prepare them perfectly.
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Zach LaVine
American Athlete
If I wasn't a pro-athlete, I would probably eat any dessert dish every day!
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Sofia Vergara
Colombian Model
My problem is desserts. I am obsessed with desserts.
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B. C. Forbes
Scottish Journalist
Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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Marco Pierre White
British Chef
My favourite dessert is tarte Tatin.
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
Sometimes, it's just easier to say yes to that extra snack or dessert, because frankly, it is exhausting to keep saying no. It's exhausting to plead with our kids to eat just one more bite of vegetables.
Quote examples
Camila Mendes
American Actress
It's fine to eat dessert when I want to eat dessert because that will give me the peace of mind I need. I'll know that if I ate chocolate cake, maybe I won't the next day.
Quote examples
William Powell
American Actor
Dessert is probably the most important stage of the meal, since it will be the last thing your guests remember before they pass out all over the table.
Quote examples
Adriano Zumbo
Australian Chef
I have the pleasure of being surrounded by desserts and chocolate. If that makes me a sex symbol then great, but it's not my aim in life.
Quote examples
Katie Hopkins
English Entertainer
When the only thing you look forward to in life is lunch, you know you have had your just desserts, and it is time to call it a day.
Quote examples
Sherry Yard
American Chef
Desserts are my life - making them, eating them, and teaching others how to prepare them perfectly.
Quote examples
Zach LaVine
American Athlete
If I wasn't a pro-athlete, I would probably eat any dessert dish every day!
Quote examples
Sofia Vergara
Colombian Model
My problem is desserts. I am obsessed with desserts.
Quote examples
B. C. Forbes
Scottish Journalist
Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
Quote examples
Marco Pierre White
British Chef
My favourite dessert is tarte Tatin.
Example 1 of 10
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