Definition of Cheesecake

1. Noun. Made with sweetened cream cheese and eggs and cream baked in a crumb crust.

Generic synonyms: Cake

2. Noun. A photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire.
Generic synonyms: Exposure, Photo, Photograph, Pic, Picture

Definition of Cheesecake

1. Noun. A pie made of sweetened and flavoured cottage cheese or cream cheese, eggs and milk on a crunchy base. ¹

2. Noun. Imagery of one or more scantily clad, sexually attractive persons, especially young women; pinups. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cheesecake

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheesecake

cheese straw
cheese straws
cheese syndrome
cheese tray
cheese wire
cheese worker's lung
cheeseable
cheeseball
cheeseboard
cheeseboards
cheesebox
cheeseboxes
cheeseburger
cheeseburgers
cheesecakes
cheesecloth
cheesecloths
cheesed
cheesed off
cheesefare
cheeseflower
cheesegrater
cheesegraters
cheesehead
cheeseheads
cheeselep
cheeseleps

Literary usage of Cheesecake

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hyde Park from Domesday-book to Date by John Ashton (1896)
"One of the favourite places in the Park for these encounters was near the cheesecake House, or Price's Lodge, for it was there that the celebrated duel ..."

2. Abuses of Justice, Illustrated in My Own Case: Illustrated by My Own Case by John Mackcoull (1812)
"... on the said 18th day of March last she received an order at the shop of Mr. Birch in Cornhill for some mince pies and a cheesecake pudding to be sent to ..."

3. The General Stud-book, Containing Pedigrees of Race Horses, &c. &c. from the (1893)
"... Bred by Mr HJ BAILEY, in 1885, sot by Beau Brummel, her dam, cheesecake, by Parmesan, out of Songstress, by Chanticleer. 1890 bc Merry Windsor, ..."

4. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys from His MS. Cypher in the Pepsyian by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1885)
"... and walked and eat some cheesecake and gammon of bacon, but when I was come home I was sick. So my wife walking and singing upon the leades till very ..."

5. Seventy-five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats by Eliza Leslie (1830)
"A cheesecake. A quarter of a pound of butter. Two ounces of grated bread. A quarter of a pound of powdered sugar, Half a glass of mixed brandy and wine. ..."

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