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cake
/keɪk/
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What does cake mean?
noun
- A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
- A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.
- A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.
More meanings (11)
noun
- A block of any various dense materials.
- (slang) Ellipsis of piece of cake: a trivially easy task or responsibility.
- (slang) Synonym of money.
- Ellipsis of have one's cake and eat it too.
- (slang) Synonym of buttocks, especially a pair that are exceptionally plump or full.
- A multishot fireworks assembly comprising several tubes, each with a fireworks effect, lit by a single fuse.
- (figuratively) Synonym of pie, the whole of a wealth or resource, to be divided into parts.
- (obsolete, slang) A foolish person.
verb
- Coat (something) with a crust of solid material.
- To form into a cake, or mass.
- Of blood or other liquid, to dry out and become hard.
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IPA pronunciation
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I delivered them into the hands of the chairman of the Board with the comfortable consciousness that their cake was dough.
He had the last piece of cake in one hand, and the last bite of salad disappeared in one great gulp.
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The little, lop-sided cake at the church supper, the cheapest pincushion, the skimpiest apron at the bazaar, were always Mrs. Archie’s contribution.
When my lady awakes a servant brings her a cup of hot tea and a cake made of wheat or rice flour.
The child gave it a brisk rap, drew in the brioche, frightened away the swans, seized the cake, and sprang to his feet.