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

Then he takes a bite of the olive oil cake I have made for dessert.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

I think just about everything Charlie Dunmire and her staff at Georgetown cake shop Deep Sea Sugar & Salt does is magic, but I especially loved the grapefruit olive oil cake from last February.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2022

Dishes like venison chile Colorado and tender walnut oil cake sweetened with candy cap mushrooms reveal a style that’s rooted in the past, but points toward the future.

From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2022

The olive oil cake that will ruin you for all others.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2022

A similar experiment was tried by Mr. Childers, M. P. He states, that eighty Leicester sheep, in the open field, consumed fifty baskets of cut turnips per day, besides oil cake.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd