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chimney cake

chimney cake noun: a kind of long, cylindrical Hungarian pastry made from sweet yeast dough and roasted over charcoal, originating from the Székely people (kürtőskalács).

chimney cake: a kind of long, cylindrical Hungarian pastry made from sweet yeast dough and roasted over charcoal,...
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Noun

chimney cake (plural chimney cakes)

  1. A kind of long, cylindrical Hungarian pastry made from sweet yeast dough and roasted over charcoal, originating from the Székely people (kürtőskalács).

Forms of chimney cake

pluralchimney cakes

Origin of chimney cake

Calque of Hungarian kürtőskalács, from kürtős (“of or related to a chimney stack”) (from kürtő (“chimney stack”) + -s (adjective-forming suffix)) + kalács (“cake”).

Questions about chimney cake

What does chimney cake mean?
Chimney cake means a kind of long, cylindrical Hungarian pastry made from sweet yeast dough and roasted over charcoal, originating from the Székely people (kürtőskalács).
What part of speech is chimney cake?
Chimney cake is a noun.
What is the plural of chimney cake?
The plural of chimney cake is chimney cakes.

Words near chimney cake in the dictionary

  1. chimney balloons
  2. chimney board
  3. chimney boards
  4. chimney breast
  5. chimney breasts
  6. chimney cake
  7. chimney cakes
  8. chimney campanula
  9. chimney campanulas
  10. chimney can
  11. chimney cans

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