A cheesecake is a sweet dessert made with cream cheese, sugar, eggs, and often fruit or chocolate.
When people talk about cheesecakes, they usually mean the food itself, but sometimes they might say "cheesecake" to describe something that's just pretending to be serious or sophisticated. This is like when you're wearing a fancy outfit to try to look cool in front of your friends – it's all for show, not real. But most of the time, "cheesecake" refers to the yummy dessert with layers of creamy goodness and sometimes a crunchy crust on the bottom.
(countable and uncountable) A pie made of sweetened and flavoured cottage cheese or cream cheese, eggs and milk on a crunchy base.
Example: Cheesecake is an especially delicious dessert.
