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torte

(tôrt, tôr′tə)

A rich cake made with many eggs and little flour and usually containing chopped nuts.

[German, perhaps from Italian torta, cake, tart, from Late Latin tōrta, a kind of bread; see tortilla.]

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torte

(tɔːt; German ˈtɔrtə)

(Cookery) a rich cake, originating in Austria, usually decorated or filled with cream, fruit, nuts, and jam

[C16: ultimately perhaps from Late Latin tōrta a round loaf, of uncertain origin]

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torte

(tɔrt; Ger. ˈtɔr tə)

n., pl. tortes (tôrts), Ger.tor•ten (ˈtɔr tn)

a rich cake made with eggs, ground nuts, and usu. no flour.

[1955–60; < German < Italian torta < Late Latin tōrta (panis) round loaf (of bread)]

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torte - rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts; originated in Austria

cake - baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat

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