Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dessert consisting of a biscuit or cake served with fruit and topped with cream.
- noun The biscuit or cake made for this dessert.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rich crisp tea-cake, made short with butter, sweetened, and baked rather thin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A sweet
biscuit typically made withflour ,sugar ,salt ,butter ,milk orcream , and sometimeseggs , and leavened withbaking powder orbaking soda . - noun A dessert made with such a biscuit.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream
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Examples
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Strawberry shortcake is typically made with a biscuit-like cake or scone that is split and filled with strawberries and sweetened whipped cream.
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I'm with you; strawberry shortcake is one of the best possible uses for good strawberries (and makes me envy people with June birthdays).
Long days, strawberry shortcake nights | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2008
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Strawberry shortcake is a simple dish — a sliced biscuit, lightly sweetened strawberries and fluffy, whipped cream are its only requirements.
Archive 2008-06-01 Homesick Texan 2008
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Strawberry shortcake is one of those matches made in heaven ...
Long days, strawberry shortcake nights | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2008
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Strawberry shortcake is a simple dish — a sliced biscuit, lightly sweetened strawberries and fluffy, whipped cream are its only requirements.
Long days, strawberry shortcake nights | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2008
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It has some of the best Southern food I've ever tasted, and their strawberry shortcake is divine.
Seattle Bon Vivant: 2005
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It has some of the best Southern food I've ever tasted, and their strawberry shortcake is divine.
The Kingfish Café 2005
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It has some of the best Southern food I've ever tasted, and their strawberry shortcake is divine.
The Kingfish Café 2005
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Yeah, but he misses out on the shortcake, which is obviously the best dessert.
Archive 2007-01-01 Doppelganger 2007
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But the shortcake should be the meal, not the end of one that has already furnished too much food.
Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency R. L. Alsaker
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