icebox cake

noun

A dessert consisting of whipped cream and stacked chocolate wafers, refrigerated to form a sliceable log.

Similar
zebra cakeice-cream cake

Meanings

nounicebox cake (plural icebox cakes)

plural icebox cakes

  1. USA dessert consisting of whipped cream and stacked chocolate wafers, refrigerated to form a sliceable log.

    Synonyms: zebra cake

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA dessert consisting of whipped cream and stacked chocolate wafers, refrigerated to form a sliceable log.

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More synonyms by meaning

nounice cream molded to look like a cake

Similar
ice-cream cake
Broader
frozen dessert
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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