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1 sponge cake
((a) very light cake or pudding made from flour, eggs and sugar etc.) biskvit -
2 sponge
1. noun1) (a type of sea animal, or its soft skeleton, which has many holes and is able to suck up and hold water.) morska goba2) (a piece of such a skeleton or a substitute, used for washing the body etc.) goba3) (a sponge pudding or cake: We had jam sponge for dessert.) vrsta pudinga4) (an act of wiping etc with a sponge: Give the table a quick sponge over, will you?) čiščenje z gobo2. verb1) (to wipe or clean with a sponge: She sponged the child's face.) umivati (se) z gobo2) (to get a living, money etc (from someone else): He's been sponging off/on us for years.) živeti na tuj račun•- sponger- spongy
- spongily
- sponginess
- sponge cake
- sponge pudding* * *I [spʌndž]nounzoology (morska) goba; military krpa za čiščenje cevi orožja; pranje, umitje, čiščente z gobo; medicine gobica (iz gaze); naraslo testo; figuratively zastonjkar, prisklednik, parazit; vrsta pudingato pass the sponge over figuratively izbrisati iz spomina, pozabiti (kaj)to throw (to chuck, to toss) the sponge up figuratively opustiti boj (borbo) (pri boksanju); vreči puško v koruzo, priznati svoj poraz, opustiti (kaj)II [spʌndž]transitive verb & intransitive verbumivati (se), prati (se) čistiti (se), drgniti (se), treti (se) z gobo; military čistiti (cev strelnega orožja); napojiti se; nabirati (morske) gobe; figuratively biti zastonjkar (prisklednik, parazit), živeti na tuj račun, zastonj jesti ali piti, pustiti si plačati (večerjo itd.); iztisniti (kaj) ( from iz)they sponge on him — mora jim plačevati (dajati) za pijačo; -
3 sponge pudding
((a) very light cake or pudding made from flour, eggs and sugar etc.) biskvit -
4 trifle
1) (anything of very little value: $100 is a trifle when one is very rich.) malenkost2) ((a dish of) a sweet pudding made of sponge-cake, fruit, cream etc: I'm making a trifle for dessert.) sadni kolač•- trifling* * *[tráifl]1.nounmalenkost, bagatela, nepomembnost; figuratively majhna vsota; figuratively mrvica, košček; culinary narastek, napihnjen kolač; plural posoda, predmeti iz kositrato waste one's time on trifles — zapravljati čas z malenkostmi;2.intransitive verb & transitive verbigra(čka)ti se; šaliti se, delati (počenjati) šale, norčije, burke ( with z); zabavati se; flirtati; površno delati; čas tratitihe is not to be trifled with — z njim se ni šaliti, on ne pozna šale -
5 baking powder
(a powder used to make cakes etc rise: This sponge cake is very flat - you can't have used enough baking powder.) pecilni prašek
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Sponge cake — is a cake based on flour (usually wheat flour), sugar, and eggs, sometimes leavened with baking powder, Be Ro flour Home recipes 40th edition ] Delia Smith s Book of Cakes Sixth Impression 1981. ] that derives its structure from an egg foam into… … Wikipedia
Sponge cake — Sponge Sponge (sp[u^]nj), n. [OF. esponge, F. [ e]ponge, L. spongia, Gr. spoggia , spo ggos. Cf. {Fungus}, {Spunk}.] [Formerly written also {spunge}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of Spongi[ae], or Porifera. See Illust. and Note… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sponge|cake — sponge cake, or sponge|cake «SPUHNJ KAYK», noun. a light, spongy cake made with eggs, sugar, and flour, but no shortening … Useful english dictionary
sponge cake — sponge cakes N VAR A sponge cake is a very light cake made from flour, eggs, and sometimes fat … English dictionary
sponge cake — n [U and C] a light cake made from flour, sugar, butter and eggs … Dictionary of contemporary English
sponge cake — sponge ,cake noun count or uncount a very light type of cake made with flour, eggs, and sugar … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sponge cake — sponge′ cake n. coo a light, sweet cake containing eggs but no shortening • Etymology: 1795–1805 … From formal English to slang
sponge cake — noun a light porous cake made with eggs and flour and sugar without shortening • Hypernyms: ↑cake • Hyponyms: ↑angel cake, ↑angel food cake, ↑jellyroll, ↑Swiss roll, ↑Madeira cake, ↑Madeira spon … Useful english dictionary
sponge cake — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms sponge cake : singular sponge cake plural sponge cakes a very light type of cake made with flour, eggs, and sugar … English dictionary
sponge cake — noun A light, soft, baked dessert (commonly layered with cream and jam) that is typically made with flour, sugar, baking powder and eggs. I made a sponge cake the other day. It was a disaster: I forgot the baking powder! It didnt rise! … Wiktionary
sponge cake — light and spongy cake without shortening, tort, stirred or mixed cake … English contemporary dictionary