Definitions for "Dumpling"
Keywords:  dough, encased, pastry, stew, starchy
A roundish mass of dough boiled in soup, or as a sort of pudding; often, a cover of paste inclosing an apple or other fruit, and boiled or baked; as, an apple dumpling.
small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough
dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry