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Cheesecake
//ˈt͡ʃiːzˌkeɪk// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A pie made of sweetened and flavoured cottage cheese or cream cheese, eggs and milk on a crunchy base. countable, uncountable
"Cheesecake is an especially delicious dessert."
- 2 a photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire wordnet
- 3 A pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake). countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 4 made with sweetened cream cheese and eggs and cream baked in a crumb crust wordnet
- 5 Imagery of scantily clad, sexually attractive young women; pin-ups. uncountable
"Company policy forbids displaying cheesecake in the locker rooms."
Etymology
From Middle English chesekake; equivalent to cheese + cake. Compare chess cake.
See also for "cheesecake"
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