noun
- a small ball of dough that is cooked and served with soup or stew
- a small ball of dough wrapped around a filling and cooked by boiling, steaming, or frying
Examples
- She added chicken and dumplings to the soup.
- The restaurant serves delicious pork dumplings.
- We made apple dumplings for dessert.
- The beef stew came with fluffy dumplings on top.
- Chinese dumplings are often filled with vegetables and meat.
- Grandma’s recipe for dumplings has been in our family for generations.