oil cake

American  

noun

1. a cake or mass of linseed, cottonseed, soybean, or the like, from which the oil has been extracted or expressed, used as food for livestock.

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oil cake British  

noun

1. stock feed consisting of compressed cubes made from the residue of the crushed seeds of oil-bearing crops such as linseed

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Etymology

Origin of oil cake

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

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oil cake

Chocolate cake, olive oil cake, polenta cake, banana cake, white cake, chiffon cake, pound cake, almond cake . . . you get the idea.

From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2023

The cake has six layers of tender ricotta olive oil cake, each soaked with grapefruit juice and given a smear of grapefruit curd and mascarpone cream.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2022

We ordered an Ontario rhubarb terrine with camelina oil cake and goat yogurt mousse, and it was simply divine and perfectly balanced.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2022

Her menu includes some of the restaurant’s favorites, like clam toast, lamb burger and olive oil cake.

From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2021

Not more than eight pounds of concentrates need be fed, of which one-fifth may be bran, the same amount, or more, of cocoanut oil cake, and the rest corn or barley.

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson