cake

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noun

ˈkāk

plural cakes

Synonyms of cake next

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

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

: a flattened usually round mass of food that is baked or fried

a fish cake

: a block of compacted or congealed matter

a cake of ice

: a hard or brittle layer or deposit

: something easily done

after so much studying, the test was cake

verb

caked; caking

transitive verb

: encrust

caked with dust

: to fill (a space) with a packed mass

intransitive verb

: to form or harden into a mass

Example Sentences

Noun I made three cakes for the party. He blew out the candles on his birthday cake. a slice of chocolate cake Verb The mud had caked on his boots. shoes caked with dried mud

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

That’s a Lady Baltimore cake, an old-fashioned confection that deserves more play on dessert lists. —

Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 May 2023 Palmer's Village Cafe, Saint Simons Island, Georgia For Southern staples — grits, crab cakes, and pancakes — hit up Palmer's Village Café. —

Mahita Gajanan, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2023 Our pick for the best Instant Pot comes with nine cooking functions including pressure cook, steam, saute, yogurt, cake, sous vide, and more. —

Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023 Try cinnamon baked apples, berries or grilled peaches instead of cookies, cake, ice cream, pastries and other sweet treats, Drayer said. —

Katie Hunt, CNN, 15 May 2023 Their parents would go all out overseeing games and serving Edith’s delicious, freshly baked cakes and cookies. —

Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2023 Seventy years later, cakes and other treats are central to the celebrations. —

Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 4 May 2023 Try sopes, savory corn cakes that are popular Mexican street food, made with fresh or dried corn masa. —

Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2023 The longtime couple celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary, with Wilson sharing a sweet photo of Hanks presenting her with a cake on her Instagram and Twitter Sunday. —

Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 30 Apr. 2023

Verb

Its formula is meant to brighten up a dull complexion and keep skin hydrated, all without feeling heavy or appearing caked up on the skin. —

Michelle Rostamian, Peoplemag, 14 May 2023 The wallpaper was peeling and cracks in the walls were caked with dirt. —

Hannah Lucinda Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023 Spring cleaning has its roots in a dirtier time, when people heated their homes by burning wood and, later, coal, and the end of winter meant scrubbing surfaces caked with soot and dirt. —

Derrick Bryson Taylor, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023 Then, a painting caked in dust and almost entirely hidden by a door caught the auctioneer’s eye. —

Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2023 As a cold spell swept through Mumbai in January and people donned sweaters and balaclavas to keep warm, a dusty haze hung in the air, occasionally caking onto leaves and piling into mounds on street corners. —

WIRED, 8 Mar. 2023 This is a brand dedicated to concealing but not caking. —

Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Feb. 2023 In the town, houses were caked in noxious mud and debris. —

Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2023 Clean Caked-On Grime If the grime is caked on, remove the grill grates and soak them in buckets of soapy water for 15 minutes or more. —

Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Mar. 2023 See More

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