shortcake

short·cake

 (shôrt′kāk′)

n.

1. A dessert consisting of a biscuit or cake served with fruit and topped with cream.

2. The biscuit or cake made for this dessert.

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shortcake

(ˈʃɔːtˌkeɪk)

n

1. (Cookery) a kind of shortbread made from a rich biscuit dough

2. (Cookery) a dessert made of layers of shortcake filled with fruit and cream

[C16: from short (in the sense: crumbly)]

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short•cake

(ˈʃɔrtˌkeɪk)

n.

1. a short, sometimes sweetened biscuit, filled or topped with fruit and whipped cream.

2. a cake made with a large proportion of shortening.

[1585–95]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

shortcake - very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream baking-powder biscuit - leavened with baking powder

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Translations

biscotto di pasta frollatorta di frutta con crema

shortcake

[ˈʃɔːtkeɪk] N

1. (Brit) especie de mantecada

2. (US) → torta f de frutas

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shortcake

[ˈʃɔː^rtkeɪk]

n (British) (= shortbread) → sablé m

(mainly US) (= dessert) strawberry shortcake → tarte f sablée aux fraisesshort-change [ˌʃɔː^rtˈtʃeɪndʒ] vt

(in shop) [+ customer] → ne pas rendre assez à

(= treat unfairly) → être injuste enversshort-circuit [ˌʃɔː^rtˈsɜː^rkɪt]

n → court-circuit m

vt

(ELECTRICITY, ELECTRONICS) → court-circuiter

(fig) (= bypass) [+ process, system] → court-circuiter

vi → faire court-circuit

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shortcake

[ˈʃɔːtˌkeɪk] n (Am) torta di pasta frolla farcita con frutta e panna (Brit) → frollino

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