Merriam-Webster Logo
SINCE 1828
Menu
dictionary thesaurus

piece of cake

noun phrase

Definition of piece of cake 

: something easily done : cinch, breeze

First Known Use of piece of cake

1935, in the meaning defined above

Keep scrolling for more

Learn More about piece of cake

Share piece of cake

Statistics for piece of cake

Look-up Popularity

Time Traveler for piece of cake

The first known use of piece of cake was in 1935

See more words from the same year

More from Merriam-Webster on piece of cake

Rhyming Dictionary: Words that rhyme with piece of cake

Comments on piece of cake

What made you want to look up piece of cake? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).

Show Comments  Hide Comments 

WORD OF THE DAY

immure

to enclose within walls

Get Word of the Day daily email!

Test Your Vocabulary

Late Autumn 2018 Words of the Day Quiz

  • frosted-autumn-leaves
  • Which is a synonym of yahoo?
Spell It

Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?

TAKE THE QUIZ
Word Winder's CrossWinder

Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.

TAKE THE QUIZ

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Words at Play

Ask the Editors

Word Games