shortcake
A sweet cake or biscuit typically made with flour, sugar, salt, butter, milk or cream,…A sweet cake or biscuit (crumbly leavened bread) typically made with flour, sugar, salt, butter, milk or cream, and sometimes eggs, and leavened with baking powder or baking soda.
» Strawberry shortcake is easy to make vegan.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A sweet cake or biscuit (crumbly leavened bread) typically made with flour, sugar, salt, butter, milk or cream, and sometimes eggs, and leavened with baking powder or baking soda.
(countable, uncountable)A dessert made with such a cake, typically having layers of cream and fruit.
(UK, countable, uncountable)Synonym of shortbread
- very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream
Examples
6 sentencesStrawberry shortcake is easy to make vegan.
I haven't had strawberry shortcake in a long time.
When I speak of strawberries I associate them with shortcake.
Strawberry shortcake is delicious.
I associate strawberries with shortcake.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From short + cake.From short + cake.
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Forms
plural: shortcakes| Singular | shortcake |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable