cake
noun
a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.
cakes
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pluralof cake.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof cake (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
cakenouna sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.
Example Sentences
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Nor/Ma’s industrial-greenhouse feel, and Scandinavian sweets on offer, might seem less authentic than the stuccoed rooms and layer cakes over at Gerbeaud, or the outright grandiosity of the New York Café.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The group has more than 30 bakers, ranging from home bakers who make one or two cakes a year to professionals with their own baking businesses.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The grill leans into comfort foods and Americana with crab cakes, spinach artichoke dip, a Lucas-favorite chopped salad, jumbo-prawn cocktails, mac and cheese, and pigs in a blanket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
"There were hampers, cakes and hydration drinks. It was really, really nice, a little bit of fuel for the guys coming back from a long shift," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
He dances over to me and holds out one of the cakes.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
