cake

\ ˈkāk

Definition of cake

(Entry 1 of 2)

1a : 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

2a : 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

cake

verb

caked; caking

Definition of cake (Entry 2 of 2)

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

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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

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Rudy carries a small box with funnel cake and french fries. — Longreads, "Kissed a Girl," 7 Nov. 2019 Beyond the Duchess supporting the bakery's powerful mission, Meghan has also reportedly enjoyed their cakes, most recently for her 38th birthday in August 2019. — Maggie Maloney, Town & Country, "Meghan Markle Kept it Casual in Jeans and a Crisp Button Down For a Visit to Luminary Bakery," 1 Nov. 2019 Diners with a connection to the Midwest will be drawn to the restaurant for its customer favorites like its chocolate cake, served in a diner atmosphere with booths and nostalgic decorations. — Austin Fuller, orlandosentinel.com, "Popular Chicago restaurant Portillo’s is coming to Disney area," 9 Oct. 2019 Photos of the bride and groom looking crazy in love while cutting their cake made its rounds online. — Jasmine Grant, Essence, "Luvvie Ajayi Is Officially A Married Woman," 30 Sep. 2019 Your cake will taste just as good but your seasonal fall baking Instagram post might take a blow. — Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, "This One Rule Separates Good Baking Apples From The Losers," 26 Sep. 2019 The piece de resistance was her lavish, four tiered cake with metallic embellishments. — Vogue, "Priyanka Chopra Threw Nick Jonas the Most Over the Top Birthday Party in Chicago," 18 Sep. 2019 But Democratic presidential hopefuls want to eat their cake and have it. — Fortune, "Do U.S. Democrats Have a Better China Strategy?," 14 Sep. 2019 What separates them from your standard layer cakes is their pillowy, spongy texture, made with twenty paper-thin crepes stacked between blankets of light pastry cream. — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, "Antoni Porowski, Bella Twins bring latkes, laughs to USA TODAY Wine & Food Experience in NYC," 8 Sep. 2019 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Mahaney traipsed around in the dark, photographing buildings and cars caked with layers of snow. — Coralie Kraft, The New Yorker, "Life in Alaska During the Round-the-Clock Darkness of Polar Night," 29 Sep. 2019 Carroll played a video showing white gunk caked on parts of the inside of a lateral, the pipe that connects the restaurant’s plumbing to the city’s sewer main. — Daily Pilot, "Costa Mesa Denny’s gets heat over sewage spills," 23 Sep. 2019 The wind had sucked leaves from the trees, and a layer of mud was caked everywhere. — Los Angeles Times, "Puerto Rico scandal stirs anger and memories of the difficult days after Hurricane Maria," 28 July 2019 Their boots and waders caked in gray mud, the anglers watched the surface for the telltale torpedo shape and silvery sides of a fresh coho. — Matt Tunseth, Anchorage Daily News, "Early birds get the silvers at this roadside fishery near Anchorage," 16 Aug. 2019 The ducklings were mud-caked but are now safe. Reunited with their mother, the family waddled on their merry way, quacking and cheeping their appreciation. — Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, "That’s quack-tastic! Metro Transit officers rescue 8 ducklings from storm drain," 6 July 2019 Galaxy’s Edge, lovingly grime-caked and even tangled with power lines of its own, recognizes that Star Wars is about such moments of recognition. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "The Star Wars Park Is a Space-Junk Fantasy," 5 June 2019 The leftover soot that cakes firefighter uniforms is considered a carcinogen, according to the National Cancer Institute. — Julia Fair, Cincinnati.com, "Retired Covington firefighter dies from melanoma cancer," 25 June 2019 Javier Jaén The footprints are still there, the striped tread of Neil Armstrong’s boots, caked into dust. — New York Times, "Fifty Years Ago We Landed on the Moon. Why Should We Care Now?," 14 June 2019

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