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VICTORIA SPONGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Victoria sponge mean? 

VICTORIA SPONGE (noun)
  The noun VICTORIA SPONGE has 1 sense:

1. a cake consisting of two layers of sponge cake with a jelly filling in betweenplay

  Familiarity information: VICTORIA SPONGE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VICTORIA SPONGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A cake consisting of two layers of sponge cake with a jelly filling in between

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

Victoria sandwich; Victoria sponge

Hypernyms ("Victoria sponge" is a kind of...):

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

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)


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