Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taro cake

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables: taro -cake
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of savoury Chinese cake made from flour and taro, often topped with fried shallots and chopped spring onions, served either steamed or pan-fried.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Thick slices of taro cake, richly flavored with scallops, mushrooms, shrimp, Chinese bacon, and creamy taro, are pan-fried until golden brown and fragrant."
""Or else," Great-Auntie paused for a moment, as if making a hard decision, "I'll buy you a piece of taro cake?""
"While bakeries and snacks (deep‐fried taro chips and deep‐fried baskets – shredded taro molded into basket shapes and then deep‐fried in china – steamed taro cake, taro batter and bread, cakes and chunks in Hawaii), are gaining interest in research and industry, other products remain at the home scale."

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 芋頭糕／芋头糕 (yùtougāo).

Usage

Inflected Forms

taro cakes (plural)

Synonyms

yam cake

Questions

What does taro cake mean?: A type of savoury Chinese cake made from flour and taro, often topped with fried shallots and chopped spring onions, served either steamed or pan-fried.
Where does taro cake come from?: Calque from Chinese 芋頭糕／芋头糕 (yùtougāo).

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