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cheesecake.

A pie made of sweetened and flavoured cottage cheese or cream cheese, eggs and milk on a crunchy base.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈt͡ʃiːzˌkeɪk/Received-Pronunciation/ˈt͡ʃizˌkeɪk/General-American/ˈt͡ʃɛzˌkeɪk/obsolete/ˈt͡ʃɪzˌkeɪk/obsolete
  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 pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake).

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  3. Imagery of scantily clad, sexually attractive young women; pin-ups.

    uncountable
    Company policy forbids displaying cheesecake in the locker rooms.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English chesekake; equivalent to cheese + cake. Compare chess cake.

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