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noun
A sweet cake or biscuit (crumbly leavened bread) typically made with flour, sugar, salt, butter, milk or cream, and sometimes eggs, and leavened with baking powder or baking soda.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A dessert made with such a cake, typically having layers of cream and fruit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Synonym of shortbread
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: shortbread
Antonyms: none provided
noun
very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: baking-powder biscuit
History
From short + cake.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
