cheesecake

[ cheez-keyk ]

noun

1. Also cheese cake. a cake having a firm custardlike texture, made with cream cheese, cottage cheese, or both, and sometimes topped with a jamlike fruit mixture.
2. Informal. Also called leg art. photographs featuring scantily clothed attractive women.

cheesecake

/ ˈtʃiːzˌkeɪk /

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cheesecake¹

1400–50; 1930–35, cheesecake fordef 2; late Middle English chese kake; cheese ¹, cake

Example Sentences

Her books are so meaty — I like to savor them slowly — like cheesecake!

From Washington Post

Serve each slice of cheesecake topped with a mound of the strawberries.

From Washington Post

Traditionally made with skim or low-fat milk, skyr is healthful too, making it a natural fit as the foundation of a fabulous, lightened-up cheesecake.

From Washington Post

Adam Coghlan, editor, Eater LondonBasque cheesecake, known for its nearly burnt top from baking at high temperatures, has that perfect balance of creamy texture, cheesy tang, and caramel-like, dulce de leche-like flavors that I love.

From Eater

When he served his tofu cheesecake, some of his customers spat it out, convinced that it contained dairy products.

From Washington Post

The heyday of cheesecake photos has cycled back around and is again en mode.

From The Daily Beast

Cheesecake photos of Ann Coulter abound, and everywhere you look the NRA is urging you to “Stand and Fight!”

From The Daily Beast

The Republicans all waited to eat their cheesecake while diligently devouring their greens.

From The Daily Beast

I guess because people at the Cheesecake Factory just like to sit there and sit there after consuming those 5,000-calorie meals.

From The Daily Beast

Well, in one sense, any person is “free” to eat as much Snickers-bar cheesecake as he likes.

From The Daily Beast

Use an oblong pan similar to that used in making cheesecake.

From Project Gutenberg

She laughed, jollily, at the recollection, and pressed a cheesecake on Toni with a heartiness there was no resisting.

From Project Gutenberg

Her costume was no feminine fluff; cheesecake, of which she presumably didn't have much, was not on display, either.

From Project Gutenberg

We wanted mamma to have one cheesecake and Haddie and I to divide the other between us.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Bertrand next offered her a cheesecake, which Betty ate voraciously.

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