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CHEESECAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cheesecake mean? 

CHEESECAKE (noun)
  The noun CHEESECAKE has 2 senses:

1. made with sweetened cream cheese and eggs and cream baked in a crumb crustplay

2. a photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attireplay

  Familiarity information: CHEESECAKE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHEESECAKE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Made with sweetened cream cheese and eggs and cream baked in a crumb crust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("cheesecake" is a kind of...):

cake (baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cheesecake" is a kind of...):

exposure; photo; photograph; pic; picture (a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format)


 Context examples 


Vell, then, ven Bob was put up opposite this great Eytalian man I says ‘Slap ’im in the vind, Bob,’ ’cos I could see vid ’alf an eye that he vas as puffy as a cheesecake; so Bob he goes in, and as he comes the vorriner let ’im ’ave it amazin’ on the conk.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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