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English
Noun
grater cake (countable and uncountable, plural grater cakes)
- A Jamaican dessert of grated coconut in a fondant of sugar.
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Compound of grater (“grated”) + cake (“cake”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɹʲeːta kʲeːk/
- Hyphenation: gra‧ter‧cake
Noun
grater cake (plural grater cake dem, quantified grater cake)
- A dessert consisting of shredded coconut in sugar paste; grater cake.[1][2]
See also
References
- ^ Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 267
- ^ F. G. Cassidy, R. B. Le Page (2002) Dictionary of Jamaican English, 2nd edition, The University of the West Indies Press, →ISBN, page 207