shortcake

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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.

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shortbread
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Meanings

nounshortcake (countable and uncountable, plural shortcakes)

plural shortcakes

  1. countableuncountableA 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.
  2. countableuncountableA dessert made with such a cake, typically having layers of cream and fruit.
  3. UKcountableuncountableSynonym of shortbread

    Synonyms: shortbread

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of shortbread

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shortbread

Origin

From short + cake.

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Translations

Finnish murokakku
  • murokakkutype of cake
Japanese ショートケーキ
  • ショートケーキ (shōtokēki)type of cake
Polish kruche ciasto z owocami
  • kruche ciasto z owocamitype of cake

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

shortcake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shortcake

MLA

“shortcake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shortcake. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shortcake,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shortcake.

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