cheesecake

American  

[cheez-kayk] / ˈtʃizˌkeɪk /

noun

• cheesecakes
  plural

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. Also called leg art. Informal. photographs featuring scantily clothed attractive women.

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cheesecake British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cheesecakes
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of cheesecake

1400–50; 1930–35, cheesecake for def. 2; late Middle English chese kake; see cheese ¹, cake

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Example Sentences

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The restaurant was the bricks-and-mortar realization of a family business that had first started with his mother’s cheesecake business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

In recent weeks, the vegetable has been popping up all over social media in sweet treat form - as an ingredient in everything from cookies and ice cream to cheesecake.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

People munched on cheese cubes and cheesecake bites or fanned themselves in the shade, watching on big screen televisions as the old guard said their goodbyes inside the council chambers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

A chatbot is ready to take your order for a Mint Oreo Blizzard with cheesecake pieces and caramel topping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

He reached in and pulled out a frozen cheesecake.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Eve Babitz — who was a close friend of 93-year-old Deanne Mencher, who still makes the cheesecakes at Dan Tana’s — was known for socializing at the restaurant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

She asks the contestants to make six perfectly-baked individual cheesecakes with a caramelized white chocolate filling, biscuit crust, a layer of jelly and molded white chocolate decorations.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2023

But cheesecakes have been around at least since 2BC, in various forms.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2023

The comedy is inherent, onstage as on TV, in requiring folks from Chichester and Wembley to follow skeletal recipes for obscure Eastern European cheesecakes with unpronounceable names.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023

They make their cheesecakes by the old receipts.

From Education: How Old The New by James J. Walsh

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