shortcake
[
shawrt
-keyk]
/ˈʃɔrtˌkeɪk/
noun
1.
a
cake
made with a relatively large amount of butter or other shortening.
2.
a dessert made of
short
, sometimes sweetened, biscuit dough baked or split in layers, with a filling or topping of strawberries or other fruit.
Origin
1585-95;
short
+
cake
Examples from the web for
shortcake
Each group will receive one small strawberry
shortcake
shell and a plastic knife.
Delicious strawberry
shortcake
will be served during the afternoon break.
Lord
shortcake
absentminded peer obsessed by his enormous collection of goldfish.
British Dictionary definitions for
shortcake
shortcake
/
ˈʃɔːtˌkeɪk
/
noun
1.
a kind of shortbread made from a rich biscuit dough
2.
a dessert made of layers of shortcake filled with fruit and cream
Word Origin
C16: from
short
(in the sense: crumbly)
Word Origin and History for
shortcake
n.
also
short-cake
, 1590s, from
short
(see
shortening
) +
cake
(n.).