DUMPLINGS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dumplings mean? 

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

1. small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DUMPLINGS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

dumpling; dumplings

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

alimentary paste; pasta (shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg)

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

gnocchi ((Italian) a small dumpling made of potato or flour or semolina that is boiled or baked and is usually served with a sauce or with grated cheese)

matzah ball; matzo ball; matzoh ball (a Jewish dumpling made of matzo meal; usually served in soup)

won ton; wonton (a Chinese dumpling filled with spiced minced pork; usually served in soup)

 Context examples 

We have apple-dumplings, however, very often.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

“I'm told the dumplings is uncommon fine down there,” said William.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

You can crawl through the drain into the kitchen and then into the pantry, and there you will find cakes, ham, beef, cold chicken, roast pig, apple-dumplings, and everything that your heart can wish.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)