The most popular online dictionary and thesaurus for learners of English
shortcake
noun /ˈʃɔːt.keɪk/
/ˈʃɔːrt-/ Definition
› [U] → shortbreadBiscuits › [C or U] mainly US a type of cake that is often served in layers with fruit and cream: Do you like strawberry shortcake?Cakes
(Definition of shortcake noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
Focus on the pronunciation of shortcake
Browse related topics
You are looking at an entry to do with Biscuits, but you might be interested in these topics from the Food topic area:
- Additives in food & drinks
- Beans & pulses
- Bread
- Cakes
- Cereals
- Cheese
- Cuts of meat
- Dairy products & eggs
- Edible & inedible
- Fats & oils in food & cooking
- Fish & seafood
- Flavours & tastes
- Flavours - spicy
- Flavours - sweet
- Flour & yeast
- Food - general words
- Forms of potatoes as food
- Herbs & spices
- Jams & spreads
- Kinds of meat
- Meat - general words
- Not pleasant to eat or drink
- Organs eaten as meat
- Pancakes & batter
- Pasta
- Pastry & pies
- Pleasant to eat or drink
- Prepared salads
- Puddings, desserts & ices
- Sandwiches & snacks
- Sauces, dressings, dips & pickles
- Sausages, burgers & stuffings
- Savoury dishes
- Soups
- Sugar & sugar substitutes
- Sweets
- Types of edible nut
- Types of fruit
- Types of vegetable
- Various qualities of food
- Vitamins & minerals
Browse the Dictionary
Browse the Thesaurus
More Results for “shortcake”
SMART Thesaurus: Biscuits
Synonyms and related words:
- amaretto noun (BISCUIT)
- bannock noun
- bickie noun
- bikkie noun
- biscuit noun (FLAT CAKE)
- cheese biscuit noun
- cookie noun (BISCUIT)
- cracker noun (FOOD)
- cream cracker noun
- crispbread noun
- crumb noun
- ginger snap noun
- gingerbread man noun
- macaroon noun
- oatcake noun
- pretzel noun
- shortbread noun
- wafer biscuit noun
- wafer noun
- water biscuit noun
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Word of the Day
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
