/cheez"kayk'/ , n.
1. Also, cheese cake . a cake having a firm custardlike texture, made with cream cheese, cottage cheese, or both, and sometimes topped with a jamlike fruit mixture.
2. Informal. Also called leg art . photographs featuring scantily clothed attractive women.
[ 1400-50; 1930-35, for def. 2; late ME chese kake; see CHEESE 1 , CAKE ]