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fudgy brownie

fudgy brownie

1.3
A small, dense chocolate cake that is very moist and rich
  • noun
  • /ˈfədʒi ˈbraʊni/
translation icon : brownie mantecoso
  • She baked a fudgy brownie that melted in my mouth, rich and soft.

Examples

  • The dessert menu featured a fudgy brownie topped with vanilla ice cream.

  • This is either the fudgiest brownie that you will see, or it is on a borderline of being a bar of fudge.

  • What I like is the top like a fudgy brownie that's a little cakey with a little crisp top.

  • After dinner, he served a fudgy brownie that was dense and incredibly moist.

Synonyms

brownie
vsfudgy brownie
38 1.0

A small rich piece of chocolate cake often with nuts

is denser, softer and very moist rather than lighter and cake-like

Surface Forms

fudgy brownie singular
fudgy brownies plural

Morphology

fudgy + brownie

The phrase 'fudgy brownie' is transparently compositional: the adjective 'fudgy' (having a soft, fudge-like texture) modifies 'brownie' (a small chocolate cake), so the meaning is simply a brownie with a fudgy texture. This adjective + noun pattern is predictable and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the phrase.

Etymology

The name fudgy brownie comes from its texture: the word fudgy suggests the brownie is soft and dense like 'fudge', the rich chocolate candy. That's why a fudgy brownie today means a moist, very rich brownie rather than a dry 'cakey' one.