cheesecake
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cheese·cake
(chēz′kāk′)n.
1. A cake made of sweetened cottage cheese or cream cheese, eggs, milk, sugar, and flavorings.
2. Informal
a. Images, especially photographs, of sexually attractive, scantily attired women.
b. The women depicted in such images.
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cheesecake
(ˈtʃiːzˌkeɪk)n
1. (Cookery) a rich tart with a biscuit base, filled with a mixture of cream cheese, cream, sugar, and often sultanas, sometimes having a fruit topping
2. slang women displayed for their sex appeal, as in photographs in magazines, newspapers, or films. Compare beefcake
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cheese•cake
(ˈtʃizˌkeɪk)n.
1. a cake with a firm custardlike texture made with sweetened cream cheese, cottage cheese, or the like.
2. Informal. photographs of scantily clothed attractive women.
[1400–50]
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| Noun | 1. |  cheesecake - made with sweetened cream cheese and eggs and cream baked in a crumb crustcake - baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat |
| 2. | cheesecake - a photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire photo, photograph, pic, exposure, picture - a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material |
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Translations
فَطيرَةُ جِبْنَه
tvarohový koláč
ostekage
túróslepény
ostakaka
tvarohový koláč
peynirli kek
cheesecake
[ˈtʃiːzkeɪk] N → tarta f or (LAm) pay m de queso (fig) fotos, dibujos etc de chicas atractivas en traje o actitud incitanteCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
cheesecake
[ˈtʃiːzkeɪk] n → cheesecake mcheesed off [ˌtʃiːzdˈɒf] adj (British) to be cheesed off by sth → en avoir marre de qchto get cheesed off with sth → en avoir marre de qchcheese grater n → râpe f à fromage
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cheese
(tʃiːz) noun (any type of) a food prepared from the curd of milk and usually pressed into a mass or shape. Cheese is full of protein.
ˈcheesecake noun a type of sweet food made with cheese etc.
cheesed off bored.
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