placenta — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
placenta 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.
- pie A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.)
- pie A paper plate covered in cream, shaving foam or custard that is thrown or rubbed in someone’s face for comical purposes, to raise money for charity, or as a form of political protest; a custard pie; a cream pie.
- tiropita A Greek pastry with layers of buttered phyllo, filled with a cheese-egg mixture.
cake — full definition
- noun A sweet baked dessert made from flour, sugar, eggs, and other ingredients.
- verb To coat something thickly, or to harden into a solid crusted layer.
pie — full definition
- noun A baked dish with a pastry crust and a filling, sweet or savoury.
- noun A whole amount of something to be divided into shares.
- noun A pie chart.