cheesecake
Americannoun
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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.
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Also called leg art. Informal. photographs featuring scantily clothed attractive women.
noun
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a rich tart with a biscuit base, filled with a mixture of cream cheese, cream, sugar, and often sultanas, sometimes having a fruit topping
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slang women displayed for their sex appeal, as in photographs in magazines, newspapers, or films Compare beefcake
Etymology
Origin of cheesecake
1400–50; 1930–35, cheesecake for def. 2; late Middle English chese kake; see cheese 1, cake
Example Sentences
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Finally, you can never go wrong with Porto’s, which sells an array of cakes including chocolate raspberry, Parisian chocolate, mango mousse, strawberry cheesecake and more.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 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
That’s also true for this week’s recipe: a no-bake cheesecake with a ginger-pear filling, finished with a generous layer of granola.
From Salon • Oct. 23, 2025
One of the quiet joys of a no-bake cheesecake is how forgiving the crust can be.
From Salon • Oct. 23, 2025
“I’m so sorry,” Eleanor said; she bent down, but it did not seem possible to scoop up the fragments of tomato and cheesecake and shove them somehow back into the broken bag.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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