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cheesecake [2 records]

Record 1 2017-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pastries (Cooking)
DEF

A kind of rich dessert cake made with cream and soft cheese on a graham cracker, cookie, or pastry crust, typically topped with a fruit sauce.

PHR

cheesecake with strawberry coulis

PHR

New York-style cheesecake

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtisserie (Art culinaire)
DEF

Dessert formé d'une croûte de biscuits émiettés garnie d'une préparation de fromage à la crème, généralement cuit.

PHR

gâteau au fromage à la new-yorkaise, gâteau au fromage nappé d’un coulis de fraises, gâteau au fromage style New York

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Sexology
  • Regional Dialects and Expressions
DEF

photograph of a young woman posed to show obvious sex appeal.

OBS

Related concept: beef-cake, for men (q.v.).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Sexologie
  • Régionalismes et usages particuliers

Spanish

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