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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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

Other examples include combinations like purple sweet potato ice cream, cheesecake with carrot compote, or chocolate bars loaded with salty potato chips.

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

For dessert, he will whip up a healthy pumpkin cheesecake made of high-protein muffin mix and low-fat cottage cheese.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025

Rob piled eight pieces of com on the cob, a mountain of mashed potatoes, eighteen chicken wings, and three pieces of cheesecake on his plate.

From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper

This week’s recommendations include savory cheesecakes in Pasadena and Pico-Robertson.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024

History tells us that not all cheesecakes are made of cheese, least of all cream cheese.

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

I spent most of my baking life avoiding cheesecakes, intimidated by springform pans and water baths.

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2023

What there is left, if set in a cool place, will make excellent cheesecakes the next day.

From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by William Kitchiner

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