cheesecake
/ˈt͡ʃiːzˌkeɪk/ · noun
Meaning
- A pie made of sweetened and flavoured cottage cheese or cream cheese, eggs and milk on a crunchy base.
- A pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake).
- Imagery of scantily clad, sexually attractive young women; pin-ups.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English chesekake; equivalent to cheese + cake. Compare chess cake.
- chesekake(enm)→
- cheesecake (English)
- Relations: inh
Related words
Descendant words
- çizkeyk(Azerbaijani) (bor)
- 乳酪蛋糕(Chinese) (calque)
- 芝士蛋糕(Chinese) (calque)
- 起司蛋糕(Chinese) (calque)
- 起士蛋糕(Chinese) (calque)
- cheesecake(Italian) (bor)
- チーズケーキ(Japanese) (bor)
- cheescake(Spanish) (bor)
- ostkaka(Swedish) (cog)
- ชีสเค้ก(Thai) (slbor)
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