Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shortcake

/ʃˈɔɹtkˌeɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: short-cake
IPA: /ʃˈɔɹtkˌeɪk/

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A dessert made with such a cake, typically having layers of cream and fruit.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Synonym of shortbread

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From short + cake.

Usage

Inflected Forms

shortcakes (plural)

Derived Forms

shortcakey

Synonyms

shortbread

Questions

How do you pronounce shortcake?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʃˈɔɹtkˌeɪk/.
What does shortcake mean?: 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.
Where does shortcake come from?: From short + cake.

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