cheesecakenoun
uk/ˈtʃiːz.keɪk/us/ˈtʃiːz.keɪk/cheesecake noun (FOOD)
[ C or U ] a cake made from a layer of biscuit, or a sweet pastry base, covered with soft cheese, eggs, sugar, and sometimes fruit:
lemon/almond cheesecake
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Pastry & pies
- apple pie
- baked goods
- banoffee pie
- choux pastry
- Cornish pasty
- filo pastry
- flan
- mince pie
- mincemeat
- pasty
- pork pie
- pot pie
- profiterole
- puff
- puff pastry
- quiche
- tart
- turnover
- vol-au-vent
- éclair
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cheesecake noun (WOMEN)
[ U ] mainly US old-fashioned slang photographs of sexually attractive young women wearing very few clothes, or the women who appear in such photographs
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