Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. Itβs also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
dumpling
(noun) dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry
dumpling, dumplings
(noun) small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dumpling (plural dumplings)
(culinary) A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough. [from 17th c.]
By restriction, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling.
(familiar) A term of endearment.
(mildly, vulgar) A piece of excrement.
• See also dumpling
Source: Wiktionary
Dump"ling, n. Etym: [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.]
Definition: 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.
Dum"ple, v. t. Etym: [See Dumpling.]
Definition: To make dumpy; to fold, or bend, as one part over another. [R.] He was a little man, dumpled up together. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. Itβs also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.