AFTERS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does afters mean? 

• AFTERS (noun)
  The noun AFTERS has 1 sense:

1. a dish served as the last course of a meal

  Familiarity information: AFTERS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AFTERS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dish served as the last course of a meal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

afters; dessert; sweet

Hypernyms ("afters" is a kind of...):

course (part of a meal served at one time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "afters"):

mousse (a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream)

mold; mould (a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold)

sabayon; zabaglione (light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled)

tiramisu (an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate)

sillabub; syllabub (sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor)

pud; pudding ((British) the dessert course of a meal ('pud' is used informally))

pudding (any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed)

whip (a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit)

peach melba (ice cream and peaches with a liqueur)

pavlova (a dessert consisting of a meringue base or cup filled with fruit and whipped cream)

ambrosia (fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut)

junket (dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet)

frozen dessert (any of various desserts prepared by freezing)

flan (open pastry filled with fruit or custard)

dumpling (dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry)

compote; fruit compote (dessert of stewed or baked fruit)

charlotte (a mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard)

blancmange (sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded)

baked Alaska (cake covered with ice cream and meringue browned quickly in an oven)