triflenoun
uk/ˈtraɪ.fəl/us/ˈtraɪ.fəl/trifle noun (SWEET DISH)
[ C or U ] a sweet cold dish consisting of a layer of fruit and cake, a layer of custard (= thick, sweet, yellow sauce) and a top layer of cream:
a sherry trifle
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Puddings, desserts & ices
- baked Alaska
- baklava
- banana split
- banoffee pie
- blancmange
- Eton mess
- flan
- fool
- fruit salad
- granita
- peach Melba
- plum pudding
- Popsicle
- pudding
- rice pudding
- syllabub
- tapioca
- tiramisù
- water ice
- zabaglione
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trifle noun (UNIMPORTANT THING)
[ C ] formal a matter or object of little value or importance:
I brought a few trifles back from India - pieces of jewellery and fabric mainly.
a trifle
slightly:
I'm a trifle confused about the arrangements for tonight.
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Things of little importance
- bagatelle
- factoid
- footnote
- formality
- periphery
- poor
- poor relation idiom
- slush
- small beer
- small fry
- small potatoes
- sop
- sundries
- technicality
- trivia
- triviality
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