noun
dumpling
DUHMP-ling/ˈdʌmplɪŋ/
A small piece of dough cooked as food, sometimes with a filling.
One dumpling on the plate is cut open, revealing its savory filling.
Etymology
The word originally referred to boiled dough or a wrapping in which something was boiled. Its origin is uncertain: it may come from dump meaning “lump” or an unidentified Low German word.
In context
like you could find at a bog standard dumpling shop. Just toss about ten grams of filling into the center of your wrapper, pull up the sides up like a taco, and pinch them together.
More examples
- She drops spoonfuls of dough into the stew to make dumplings.
- We steam the dumplings until their wrappers are tender.
- He folds each dumpling around a spoonful of pork and cabbage.
Forms
dumpling · dumplings