Gateau
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gateau is a noun meaning (cooking, obsolete) A dish of minced meat made up like a pudding, and boiled in a shape or mould.
Meaning
(cooking, obsolete) A dish of minced meat made up like a pudding, and boiled in a shape or mould.
More Meanings
- (chiefly UK) A rich, usually iced, cake.
Example Sentences
a gateau of veal
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.
Word Forms
- gateaux
- gateaus
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cake, torte, galette, breadcake, friedcake, cake-bread.
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