sundae

Definitions


[ˈsʌndi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a dish of ice cream with added ingredients such as fruit, nuts, and syrup


Phrases:

Origin:
late 19th century (originally US): perhaps an alteration of Sunday, either because the dish was made with ice cream left over from Sunday and sold cheaply on the Monday, or because it was sold only on Sundays, a practice devised (according to some accounts) to circumvent Sunday legislation




definition by Oxford Dictionaries