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noun
A simple dessert made by cooking sweetened milk with cornstarch and vanilla.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Something soft, weak, and wobbly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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noun
A dish, eaten in the Middle Ages, generally consisting of chicken (or sometimes capon or fish), milk or almond milk, rice, and sugar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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noun
sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dessert, sweet, afters
History
From Middle English blancmanger, blomanger, from Old French blanc mangier (“white food”). The pudding evolved from the chicken dish. Compare French blanc-manger.
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
