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countable and uncountable, plural gateaux or gateaus
(chiefly UK) A rich, usually iced, cake. quotations examples
Determined on keeping up my strength for what the night might bring, I ate heartily—enjoying every morsel, especially of the two slices of gateau I didn’t feel it wrong to take as my share, since there was still one good-sized piece left for Judy.
2009, Dorothy Cannell, She Shoots to Conquer, Alibi, published 2016
(cooking, obsolete) A dish of minced meat made up like a pudding, and boiled in a shape or mould.