Meaning & use
torte
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Meaning
nouncountable
A rich cake made with ground nuts or breadcrumbs instead of flour, often with many eggs.
Grammar: Countable: one torte, two tortes. It is usually a single round cake, not a slice.
Patterns
- a chocolate torte
- a slice of torte
- make a torte
For dessert, we had a dense chocolate torte with raspberry sauce.
She baked a hazelnut torte for the birthday party.
This torte is very rich, so a small slice is enough.
Word forms
| plural | tortes |
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Common combinations
- chocolate torte
- The café is famous for its flourless chocolate torte.
- nut torte
- A traditional Austrian nut torte uses ground almonds.
- slice of torte
- He ordered a slice of torte with his coffee.
- bake a torte
- It takes time to bake a proper torte.
Synonyms and how they differ
Word family
- tort noun
- Not related in meaning; a legal wrong, not a cake.
Commonly confused: torte or tart? torte or tort?
torte vs tart
A tart is a pastry with a filling, often fruit; a torte is a rich cake without a pastry base.
torte vs tort
A tort is a legal term for a civil wrong; it is pronounced the same as 'torte' in some accents but means something completely different.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'torte' correctly?
Choose one answer.
A torte is a rich cake, so 'a slice of chocolate torte' is correct. 'Tort' is the legal word, and 'torte' is not a verb.
Make it your own
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