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

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oil cake

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

It has six gorgeous layers of grapefruit juice-soaked ricotta olive oil cake, tart grapefruit curd and sweet mascarpone cream separating each layer.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2022

They celebrated with champagne, 15 small pizza pies, Korean fried chicken, an orange olive oil cake and a chocolate one with ganache filling.

From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2021

What’s in the basket: Items like focaccia bread and olive oil cake from chef Amy Brandwein’s wood-fired oven at Piccolina lend themselves to a picnic, but the cafe also offers a ready-made meal for two.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2020

Like Grey, Page believed that there were more important things involved than an occasional cargo of copper or of oil cake.

From The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I by Hendrick, Burton Jesse