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cake (kāk)

noun

  1. a small, flat mass of dough or batter, or of some hashed food, that is baked or fried
  2. a mixture of flour, eggs, milk, sugar, etc. baked as in a loaf and often covered with icing
  3. a solid, shaped mass, as of soap or ice
  4. a hard crust or deposit

Etymology: ME < ON kaka < IE base *gag-, *gog-, something round, lump of something (orig. < baby talk) > Ger kuchen: not connected with cook & L coquere

transitive verb, intransitive verb caked, caking cak′·ing

to form into a hard mass or a crust; solidify or encrust

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cake Idioms

take the cake

Etymology: < the practice of awarding a cake as a prize

Informal to be the prime example of a type, quality, etc.: usually used ironically as to convey mild disapproval

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cake Synonyms

cake

n.

  1. A flattish, compact mass

    cube, bar, block, loaf; see block 1, 6, mass 1, slab.

  2. Sweet baked goods

    Kinds of cake include: wedding, birthday, angel food, devil's-food, corn, sponge, fruit, burnt-sugar, caramel, chocolate, German chocolate, upside-down, tube, Bundt, pound, Martha Washington, maple, orange, coconut, white lemon, citron, walnut, almond, layer, chiffon, white mountain, spice, marble, Lady Baltimore, coffeecake, Kuchen; jellyroll, gingerbread, éclair, shortbread, cheesecake, fruitcake, cupcake, torte, petit four;

take the cake*

excel, outdo, win the prize; see surpass.


cake

v.

crust, solidify, pack; see freeze 1, harden 1, 2, thicken 1.


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cake Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • bake: Whether its diving into the canal, or baking cakes, they were the boys to call.

Adjective modifier

  • homemade: For a £ 2 entrance fee, there is a variety of music and dancers are treated to cream teas with homemade cakes.

Modifies a noun

  • tin: Grease a cake tin, then pour in mixture.

Noun used with modifier

  • sponge: Let's just say they cleared up a bit of a mess from a sponge cake in double quick time.
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cake quotes

The glittering structure of her cultivation sits on her novels like a rather showy icing that detracts from the cake beneath.

-Auchincloss, Louis Stanton

You can have yourcake and eat it: the only trouble is you get fat.

-Barnes,Julian Patrick

There is onlya certain sized cake to be divided up, and if a lot of people want a larger slice they can only take it from others who would, in terms of real income, have a smaller one.

-Cripps, Sir (Richard) Stafford

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