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cake

[ keyk ]

noun

  1. a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.
  2. a flat, thin mass of bread, especially unleavened bread.
  3. a shaped or molded mass of other food:

    a fish cake.

  4. a shaped or compressed mass:

    a cake of soap; a cake of ice.

  5. Animal Husbandry. a 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)

, caked, cak·ing.
  1. to form into a crust or compact mass.

verb (used without object)

, caked, cak·ing.
  1. to become formed into a crust or compact mass.

    Synonyms: congeal, dry, solidify, harden

cake

/ keɪk /

noun

  1. a baked food, usually in loaf or layer form, typically made from a mixture of flour, sugar, and eggs
  2. a flat thin mass of bread, esp unleavened bread
  3. a shaped mass of dough or other food of similar consistency

    a fish cake

  4. a mass, slab, or crust of a solidified or compressed substance, as of soap or ice
  5. have one's cake and eat it
    to enjoy both of two desirable but incompatible alternatives
  6. go like hot cakes or sell like hot cakes informal.
    to be sold very quickly or in large quantities
  7. piece of cake informal.
    something that is easily achieved or obtained
  8. take the cake informal.
    to surpass all others, esp in stupidity, folly, etc
  9. informal.
    the whole or total of something that is to be shared or divided

    that is a fair method of sharing the cake

    the miners are demanding a larger slice of the cake

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to cover with a hard layer; encrust

    the hull was caked with salt

  2. to form or be formed into a hardened mass
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈcakey, adjective
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Other Words From

  • caky cakey adjective
  • non·caking adjective noun
  • un·cake verb (used with object) uncaked uncaking
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cake1

1200–50; Middle English < Old Norse kaka; akin to Middle English kechel little cake, German Kuchen; cookie
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cake1

C13: from Old Norse kaka; related to Danish kage, German Kuchen
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. a piece of cake, Informal. something easily done:

    She thought her first solo flight was a piece of cake.

  2. take the cake, Informal.
    1. to surpass all others, especially in some undesirable quality; be extraordinary or unusual:

      His arrogance takes the cake.

    2. to win first prize.

More idioms and phrases containing cake

see eat one's cake and have it, too ; flat as a pancake ; icing on the cake ; nutty as a fruitcake ; piece of cake ; sell like hot cakes ; slice of the pie (cake) ; take the cake .
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Example Sentences

Professionals and discerning home chefs know these attributes help create flakier pastries, tender cakes and consistent rise in baked goods.

From Salon

"What an inspiring win! We saw Wales play Ireland in Cardiff last week and it was a great atmosphere. Tonight was the icing on the cake. Bring on the euros!" she said.

From BBC

Imagine trying to bake a perfect cake without knowing how the ingredients interact in the oven and how the cake rises or eventually gets burnt during the baking.

“It’s giving people attention, listening to their stories, eating cake with them, dancing to waltz music,” she explains.

From BBC

After the event, they were presented with certificates from the council and a cake featuring an image of the building.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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