shortcake
(noun) very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shortcake (countable and uncountable, plural shortcakes)
A sweet cake or biscuit (crumbly leavened bread) typically made with flour, sugar, salt, butter, milk or cream, and sometimes eggs, and leavened with baking powder or baking soda.
A dessert made with such a cake, typically having layers of cream and fruit.
Source: Wiktionary
Short"cake`, n.
Definition: An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 September 2024
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
