cheesecake

1. (countable and uncountable) A pie made of sweetened and flavoured cottage cheese or cream cheese, eggs and milk on a crunchy base.Examples: "Cheesecake is an especially delicious dessert."countableuncountable

2. (countable and uncountable, obsolete) A pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake).countableobsoleteuncountable

3. (uncountable) Imagery of scantily clad, sexually attractive young women; pin-ups.Examples: "Company policy forbids displaying cheesecake in the locker rooms."; "She was turning back toward the cameraman when she caught the pose of the filing clerk who was sitting on the corner of the desk with her skirt over her knees, her toes pointed down so that her crossed legs showed to advantage. "Now what the hell are you doing sitting there sticking that nylon out at the camera?" Bertha asked. (...) A man who had been standing over behind the filing case came out and said, "We're going to need cheesecake, Mrs. Cool. If we don't have cheesecake, the papers won't publish it.""Synonyms: leg artuncountable