cake

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/keɪk/

noun 5verb 3

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(noun.)

ADJ

home-made

moist, rich, sticky

The chocolate cake was so sticky that frosting stuck to my fingers when I picked up a slice.

apple, carrot, chocolate, cream, fruit, seed, sponge | layer, sandwich

birthday, Christmas, wedding

We served a delicious Christmas cake at our family dinner last week.

QUANT

bit, piece, slice

I saved a small piece of cake from the party for you to try later.

VERB + CAKE

eat, have | bake, make

decorate, ice, spread with sth

My daughter carefully decorated the birthday cake with colorful sprinkles and frosting.

cut

At the birthday party, Dad cut the chocolate cake into eight equal pieces.

CAKE + NOUN

crumbs

The child left cake crumbs all over the kitchen table after eating dessert.

recipe

mix, mixture

I bought a box of cake mix from the supermarket yesterday because I didn't have time to bake from scratch.

board, tin | shop, stall, stand

Definitions

noun

A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.

On Monday afternoon, Ronya attends a birthday party and eats cake whenever cake is presented to her.

A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.

an oatmeal cake

a johnnycake

A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.

buckwheat cakes

A block of any various dense materials.

a cake of soap

a cake of sand

Ellipsis of piece of cake: a trivially easy task or responsibility.

Now that I escape, sleepwalk awake / Those who could relate know the world ain't cake

verb

Coat (something) with a crust of solid material.

His shoes are caked with mud.

You will remember that Stranger Things was initially conceived as a one-off, and its success forced the Duffer Brothers to cake on endless new lore to keep the engine running.

To form into a cake, or mass.

Of blood or other liquid, to dry out and become hard.

Once we fell asleep, and, I think, must have slept for some hours, for, when we woke, our limbs were quite stiff, and the blood from our blows and scratches had caked, and was hard and dry upon our skin.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)

noun — small flat mass of chopped food

patty

verb — form a coat over

coat

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

piece of cake

A job, task or other activity that is pleasant or, by extension, easy or simple.

Sure, no problem. It'll be a piece of cake.

take the cake

Used as an affirmation or accolade when one is deemed the top position in a comparison or contest; to win or be the best (at).

Thanks! You guys take the cake.

cake crumbs

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cake, crumbs.

icing on the cake

A thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good, or (ironic) the regretting of something already bad.

We went out for dinner and dancing and the icing on the cake was when my boyfriend proposed to me as we danced.

have one's cake and eat it too

To benefit by having two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use).

It's not possible to get your savings and keep the piggy bank intact. You can't have your cake and eat it too!

Example Bank

On Monday afternoon, Ronya attends a birthday party and eats cake whenever cake is presented to her.

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an oatmeal cake

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a johnnycake

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His shoes are caked with mud.

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You will remember that Stranger Things was initially conceived as a one-off, and its success forced the Duffer Brothers to cake on endless new lore to keep the engine running.

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