Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: dumplings
IPA transcription: [d'ʌmplɪŋz]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: dumpling, dumplings
    Meaning: small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough
Usage examples
  • 29.--Jewish Dumplings.
  • 23.--French Baked Apple Dumplings.
  • Not that you will be able to make the dumplings, for they are a secret receipt.'
  • 'Sir, his highness has graciously ordered a Danish soup and red Hamburg dumplings.'
  • 'I must say your dumplings are always very good; but I don't think I ever tasted anything so delicious as they were to-day. Who made them?'
  • Lay the apples on them, and close the crust tight over them--tie them up in small pieces of thick cloth, that has been well floured--put the dumplings in a pot of boiling water, and boil them an hour without any intermission--if allowed to stop boiling, they will be heavy.
  • Let me have some eggs, a piece of wild boar, and such and such roots and herbs for the soup; and as for the dumplings,' he added in a low voice to the head cook, 'I shall want four different kinds of meat, some wine, a duck's marrow, some ginger, and a herb called heal-well.'