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wedding cake

noun

1
: a usually elaborately decorated and tiered cake made for the celebration of a wedding
2
: something (such as a large building) resembling a wedding cake especially in elaborate ornamentation

Examples of wedding cake in a Sentence

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Other videos of the event showed her and her new husband spreading cocoa over their large tiramisu wedding cake and dancing the night away with their friends and family as the DJ played electronic music. Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025 Remember: drive slow and gentle, like there's a three-tiered wedding cake in the backseat and a pot of boiling water in your lap. Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 29 Nov. 2025 Everything dripped with decorative frosting, more of an enchanted candy cottage variety than a Rococo multi-tiered wedding cake. Alexis Benveniste, Architectural Digest, 21 Nov. 2025 After all, even the best policy can't magically get you a new venue or wedding cake. Liz Knueven, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wedding cake

Word History

First Known Use

1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of wedding cake was in 1648

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“Wedding cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wedding%20cake. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.

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