pound cake
A dense yellow cake, the traditional recipe for which consists of equal quantities of…A dense yellow cake, the traditional recipe for which consists of equal quantities (nominally one pound) of butter, eggs, flour, and sugar.
» Should I make a cream pie or a pound cake?
Meaning
3 senses(US, countable, uncountable)A dense yellow cake, the traditional recipe for which consists of equal quantities (nominally one pound) of butter, eggs, flour, and sugar.
Rührkuchen
фу́нтовый кексfúntovyj keks
rich loaf cake made of a pound each of butter and sugar and flour
(countable, slang, uncountable)A term of attraction or desire.
She's a cute little pound cake.
(countable, slang, uncountable)A butt cheek.
Examples
1 sentencesShould I make a cream pie or a pound cake?
Translations
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Origin
From pound (“unit of weight”) + cake.From pound (“unit of weight”) + cake.
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Forms
plural: pound cakesLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable