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dolce — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cake noun A sweet baked dessert made from flour, sugar, eggs, and other ingredients.
  • confection noun A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
  • dessert noun A sweet dish served at the end of a meal.
  • fresh adjective Newly made, picked, or obtained; not old or stale.
  • smooth adjective Having an even surface, free of bumps or roughness.
  • soft adj Giving way easily under pressure; not hard or firm.
  • sweet adj Having the taste of sugar; not sour, salty, or bitter.
  • tender adjective Gentle, loving, or showing warm affection.

Senses

dolce is used for these senses in English:

  • cake A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
  • confection A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
  • dessert A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.
  • fresh (of water) Without salt; not saline.
  • smooth Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
  • sweet Tasting of sugars.
  • sweet (wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.
  • sweet Not of a salty taste.

cake — full definition

  1. noun A sweet baked dessert made from flour, sugar, eggs, and other ingredients.
  2. verb To coat something thickly, or to harden into a solid crusted layer.

confection — full definition

  1. noun A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
  2. noun The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
  3. noun The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
  4. noun An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.

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