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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Samara Gerstle, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2025
The recipe, a simple ricotta cake (libum), which is an ancient Roman dessert.
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june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 23 June 2025
One first-class car is still intact, its plush leather seats and wood paneling caked with dust.
—Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025
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Noun
Though a box cake, icing and some red and blue sprinkles will do the trick, recipes from the Salted Sweets or the Pioneer Woman make for an easy way to show your patriotism.
—Samara Gerstle, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2025
The recipe, a simple ricotta cake (libum), which is an ancient Roman dessert.
—Literary Hub
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Verb
Hair brushes and makeup brushes alike can become caked with greasy debris.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 23 June 2025
One first-class car is still intact, its plush leather seats and wood paneling caked with dust.
—Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025
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“Cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cake. Accessed 3 Jul. 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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