betty
1
7.9
A baked dessert of fruit like apples with a sweet crumb topping served warm
- noun
- /ˈbɛti/
- US
:
betty
- The baker served a delicious betty made with fresh apples and a crumbly topping.
- apple betty
- brown betty
Examples
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She always brings a homemade betty to holiday gatherings, which everyone loves.
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Twelve apple brown bettys for thousands of workers.
Fiction book (2002) -
Those twelve apple brown bettys went like literal hotcakes.
Fiction book (2002) -
After dinner, we enjoyed a warm betty with vanilla ice cream on top.
Synonyms
1
7.7
A baked dessert of apples and bread crumbs, often sweet and spiced
is made by layering warm fruit with sugar and crumbs or pastry
Compounds
bouncing betty
- Offensive
1
9.9
A mine that jumps up then explodes to spread metal pieces and hurt people at waist height
Surface Forms
Etymology
Betty for the dessert likely comes from the common name Betty, because a home recipe called 'brown Betty' was fruit baked with crumbs and spices. So a betty today means a warm, home-style fruit dessert served with crumbs or pastry.