Meaning of gateau | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A rich, usually iced, cake.
   UK, countable, uncountable
2. A dish of minced meat made up like a pudding, and boiled in a shape or mould.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“We were served pancakes with smoked salmon, followed by thick slices of gâteau.”

“Julie was a froster, the glamour job at the factory. She wore her cute white hat cocked at a jaunty angle while working a big white bag of frosting, twisting it rapidly in her hands to create the various designs on top of the gâteaux.”

“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.”

“a gateau of veal”

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