Main Entry: ¹cake

Pronunciation: \ˈkāk\

Function: noun

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

Date: 13th century

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