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HASTY PUDDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cornmeal mush served with sweetening (maple syrup or brown sugar)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("hasty pudding" is a kind of...):
cornmeal mush; mush (cornmeal boiled in water)
Domain region:
New England (a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Sweetened porridge made of tapioca or flour or oatmeal cooked quickly in milk or water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("hasty pudding" is a kind of...):
porridge (soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)