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"dessert" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often pud (3 letters).
Definitions
a dish served as the last course of a meal
Word origin
Borrowed from Middle French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) and servir (“serve”), thus literally meaning “removal of what has been served”.
Used in a sentence
“I ordered hummus for a starter, a steak as the main course, and chocolate cake for dessert.”
“Can I see the dessert menu, please?”
“Trifle is a favourite dessert of the English, but rivalled by pavlova in Australia and New Zealand.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Last-course sweet”7 letters
02“Sweet final course”7 letters
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