plural cakes
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 (such 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
see also take the cake
caked; caking
: to form or harden into a mass
Examples of cake in a Sentence
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
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 20 May 2025
The cake pop features strawberry cream cake mixed with buttercream, dipped in a chocolatey icing and finished with a summer strawberry design.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 20 May 2025
Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 19 May 2025
The base also washes itself with 176-degree water so it doesn't get caked in grime and dries the mops with 140-degree heated air.
—PC Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Starbucks released their limited-time menu for summer 2025 and there is one item that is the star of the show—a new cake pop flavor that fuses sweet summer flavor with childhood nostalgia.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 20 May 2025
The cake pop features strawberry cream cake mixed with buttercream, dipped in a chocolatey icing and finished with a summer strawberry design.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 20 May 2025
Verb
She is caked in mud with a black eye and a nasty gash on her ankle.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 19 May 2025
The base also washes itself with 176-degree water so it doesn't get caked in grime and dries the mops with 140-degree heated air.
—PC Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cake. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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cake
1 of 2 noun1
: a small piece of food (as dough or batter, meat, or fish) that is baked or fried
2
: a baked food made from a sweet batter or dough
3
: a substance hardened or molded into a solid mass
a cake of soap
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