cheesecake

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun made with sweetened cream cheese and eggs and cream baked in a crumb crust
noun a photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire

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

"Cheesecakes and vanilla sandwiches and coco-nut drops and cream wafers. — For the Sake of the School, Angela Brazil
The bones, like three-cornered The emulgent veins, like two cheesecakes. gilliflowers. — Gargantua and Pantagruel, François Rabelais
Daly desired the waiter, after dinner, to bring some "maids of honor"--those cheesecakes for which the place has, time out of mind, been celebrated. — The Jest Book: The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings, Mark Lemon

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