afters(n = noun.food) dessert, sweet - a dish served as the last course of a meal;
is a kind of course
has particulars: ambrosia, baked alaska, blancmange, charlotte, compote, fruit compote, dumpling, flan, frozen dessert, junket, mousse, pavlova, peach melba, whip, pudding, pud, pudding, sillabub, syllabub, tiramisu, sabayon, zabaglione, mold, mould

afters, n.pl. Brit. colloq. the course following the main course of a meal.