dollops

Generous cream servings

Dollops is the plural of dollop, a soft, shapeless lump or blob of something, typically food: dollops of whipped cream, a dollop of sour cream on the baked potato.

By extension, dollop means a small amount of anything: The story needed a dollop of humor.

As a verb, to dollop is to serve in such portions: She dolloped the mashed potatoes onto each plate.

portion

spoonful

Quantity a scoop holds

  • blobShapeless viscous drop
  • globAmorphous soft mass
  • dabSmall amount applied

pat · lump · smidgen · drop · dash · pinch · squirt · drizzle · sprinkle · slather

heaping

mounded

Formed into a pile

plentiful · copious · bountiful · lavish · overflowing · brimming · piled · stacked · liberal · hefty

topping

cream

Rich milk fat

mascarpone · crème fraîche · clotted cream · ricotta · custard · mousse · frosting · meringue · chutney · salsa

texture

creamy

Smooth and rich

  • smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
  • thickHaving great depth
  • whippedStruck repeatedly, or defeated

fluffy · soft · velvety · silky · spreadable · clumpy · lumpy · gloopy · viscous · rich

Categories
Opposites
quantity precision

dollopstablespoons

Units of culinary measurement

teaspoons · cups · ounces · grams · milliliters

portion size

dollopswholes

Complete unified amounts

heaps · mounds · loads · piles · smidgens

Family

dollop, dolloped, dolloping

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G