grater cake

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English

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Noun

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grater cake (countable and uncountable, plural grater cakes)

  1. A Jamaican dessert of grated coconut in a fondant of sugar.

Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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Compound of grater (“grated”) +‎ cake (“cake”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɹʲeːta kʲeːk/
  • Hyphenation: gra‧ter‧cake

Noun

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grater cake (plural grater cake dem, quantified grater cake)

  1. A dessert consisting of shredded coconut in sugar paste; grater cake.[1][2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 267
  2. ^ F. G. Cassidy, R. B. Le Page (2002) Dictionary of Jamaican English, 2nd edition, The University of the West Indies Press, →ISBN, page 207
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