gateau
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See also: gâteau
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French gâteau. Doublet of wastel.
Pronunciation
Noun
gateau (countable and uncountable, plural gateaux or gateaus)
- (chiefly UK) A rich, usually iced, cake.
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- Determined on keeping up my strength for what the night might bring, I ate heartily—enjoying every morsel, especially of the two slices of gateau I didn’t feel it wrong to take as my share, since there was still one good-sized piece left for Judy.
- (cooking, obsolete) A dish of minced meat made up like a pudding, and boiled in a shape or mould.
- a gateau of veal
Derived terms
Translations
rich, iced cake
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