grater cake

English

Noun

grater cake (countable and uncountable, plural grater cakes)

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

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

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

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

Noun

grater cake (plural: grater cake dem or grater cakes dem, quantified: grater cake)

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

See also

References
  1. Richard Allsopp, editor, Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, 1996 (2003 printing), →ISBN, page 267
  2. F.G. Cassidy and R.B. Le Page, Dictionary of Jamaican English (2nd Edition), 2002 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1967 by Cambridge University Press), ISBN 9789766401276, page 207
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