1. a small, finger-shaped sponge cake or cookie, often used in desserts
2. a type of small, slender okra pod

Examples

• She dipped the ladyfingers in coffee before layering them in the tiramisu.
• The recipe calls for two dozen ladyfingers to make the dessert base.
• Ladyfingers are essential for making a proper charlotte cake.
• The bakery sells fresh ladyfingers in packages of twelve.
• In the garden, the ladyfinger okra plants produced tender young pods.
• She preferred ladyfinger varieties of okra because they were less fibrous.
• The farmer harvested the ladyfingers when they were still small and tender.