cake

¹cake

noun \ˈkāk\

Definition of CAKE

1

a : a breadlike food made from a dough or batter that is usually fried or baked in small flat shapes and is often unleavened

b : a sweet baked food made from a dough or thick batter usually containing flour and sugar and often shortening, eggs, and a raising agent (as baking powder)

c : a flattened usually round mass of food that is baked or fried <a fish cake>

2

a : a block of compacted or congealed matter <a cake of ice>

b : a hard or brittle layer or deposit

3

: something easily done <after so much studying, the test was cake>

— cak·ey \ˈkā-kē\ adjective

Examples of CAKE

1. I made three cakes for the party.
2. He blew out the candles on his birthday cake.
3. a slice of chocolate cake

Origin of CAKE

Middle English, from Old Norse kaka; akin to Old High German kuocho cake

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to CAKE

Synonyms

croquette, cutlet, fritter, galette, patty (also pattie)

Antonyms

bear, beast, chore, headache, horror show, killer, labor, murder, pain, sticky wicket, stinker [slang]

Related Words

finger, stick; gâteau (or gateau)

Near Antonyms

brainteaser, poser, stumper, toughie (also toughy); bother, nuisance, trouble

Other Food Terms

Reuben, calamari, chuck, curry, edamame, foie gras, hummus, leaven, nonpareil, peel

Rhymes with CAKE

ache, bake, brake, break, crake, drake, Drake, fake, flake, hake, jake, lake, make, quake, rake, sake, shake, slake, snake, stake, steak, strake, take, wake

²cake

verb

cakedcak·ing

Definition of CAKE

transitive verb

1

: encrust <caked with dust>

2

: to fill (a space) with a packed mass

intransitive verb

: to form or harden into a mass

Examples of CAKE

1. The mud had caked on his boots.
2. <shoes caked with dried mud>

First Known Use of CAKE

1607

Related to CAKE

Synonyms

encrust, crust, rime

Related Words

besmear, coat, smear, spread; cover, daub; coagulate, congeal, harden