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cake
[keyk]
noun
a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.
a flat, thin mass of bread, especially unleavened bread.
a shaped or molded mass of other food.
a fish cake.
a shaped or compressed mass.
a cake of soap; a cake of ice.
Animal Husbandry.Ģża compacted block of soybeans, cottonseeds, or linseeds from which the oil has been pressed, usually used as a feed or feed supplement for cattle.
verb (used with object)
to form into a crust or compact mass.
verb (used without object)
to become formed into a crust or compact mass.
Synonyms: , , ,
cake
/ °ģ±šÉŖ°ģ /
noun
a baked food, usually in loaf or layer form, typically made from a mixture of flour, sugar, and eggs
a flat thin mass of bread, esp unleavened bread
a shaped mass of dough or other food of similar consistency
a fish cake
a mass, slab, or crust of a solidified or compressed substance, as of soap or ice
to enjoy both of two desirable but incompatible alternatives
informalĢżto be sold very quickly or in large quantities
informalĢżsomething that is easily achieved or obtained
informalĢżto surpass all others, esp in stupidity, folly, etc
informalĢżthe whole or total of something that is to be shared or divided
the miners are demanding a larger slice of the cake
that is a fair method of sharing the cake
verb
(tr) to cover with a hard layer; encrust
the hull was caked with salt
to form or be formed into a hardened mass
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- caky adjective
- cakey adjective
- noncaking adjective
- uncake verb (used with object)
- Ė³¦²¹°ģ±š²ā adjective
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of cake1
Idioms and Phrases
take the cake,
to surpass all others, especially in some undesirable quality; be extraordinary or unusual.
His arrogance takes the cake.
to win first prize.
a piece of cake, something easily done.
She thought her first solo flight was a piece of cake.
Example Sentences
Sophia Pearson, from Edinburgh, decided to join the queue after seeing lots of people with cake boxes walking past her shop further down the street.
Sheās made it so intrinsic to her plot, for so many believable reasons, that itās also the icing and the cherry on the wedding cake.
And not to steal my daughterās thunder, but I canāt help thinking that her father and I should get matching watches or at the very least a cake.
The family shops at multiple stores each week to get the best free-from options, cooks adaptable meals like jacket potatoes and pasta, and makes cakes and cookies from scratch.
The Danish immigration minister put up a photo of herself on Facebook having a cake decorated with the number 50 and a Danish flag to celebrate passing her 50th amendment to tighten immigration controls.
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Related 51³Ō¹Ļs
- loafĢż
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Ā© Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageĀ® Idioms Dictionary copyright Ā© 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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