Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A pie made of sweetened and flavoured cottage cheese or cream cheese, eggs and milk on a crunchy base.

    Cheesecake is an especially delicious dessert.

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

  2. (uncountable)Imagery of scantily clad, sexually attractive young women; pin-ups.

    Company policy forbids displaying cheesecake in the locker rooms.

  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake).

    Käsekuchen, Quarkkuchen, Käsesahnetorte

    творо́жный пиро́гtvoróžnyj piróg, творо́жный пу́дингtvoróžnyj púding, чи́зкейкčízkejk

    сирний пирігsyrnyj pyrih, чизкейкčyzkejk

Examples

41 sentences
  1. Could I have a piece of cheesecake?

    Можна мені шматочок чізкейку?

    ruМожно мне кусочек чизкейка?

    deKönnte ich ein Stück Käsekuchen haben?

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  2. Tom wouldn't even taste the cheesecake.

    ruТом даже не стал пробовать чизкейк.

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  3. Tom ate a piece of cheesecake.

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  4. Tom's favorite dessert is strawberry cheesecake.

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  5. I'd like to have cheesecake for dessert.

    deIch hätte zum Nachtisch gerne Käsekuchen.

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Translations

9 languages
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Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: cheesecakes
Singularcheesecake
Pluralcheesecakes

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

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