gateau

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

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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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