wedding cake
noun
1
: a usually elaborately decorated and tiered cake made for the celebration of a wedding
2
: something (such as a large building) resembling a wedding cake especially in elaborate ornamentation
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Buddy also added photos of their 2001 New Jersey wedding, including the pair posing with their wedding cake.
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Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Well, that’s just the icing on the wedding cake.
—Ari Stark, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2025
Or maybe you've been tasked with creating a seven-tier wedding cake and have to hash out some serious cake batter.
—Emily Peck Julia Forbes, Wired News, 27 Sep. 2025
The production and mixing are impressively ornate, a wedding cake that could topple if one note lands out of place.
—William Earl, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025
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Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Well, that’s just the icing on the wedding cake.
—Ari Stark, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2025
Or maybe you've been tasked with creating a seven-tier wedding cake and have to hash out some serious cake batter.
—Emily Peck Julia Forbes, Wired News, 27 Sep. 2025
The production and mixing are impressively ornate, a wedding cake that could topple if one note lands out of place.
—William Earl, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wedding cake
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“Wedding cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wedding%20cake. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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