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
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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
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
The same goes for frozen meals, casseroles, soups, stews and cakes, pies and pastries with custard or cheese fillings.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2024
The town today is caked in mud and residents are just pushing forward, scooping out mud and paving pathways to get into their houses.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
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Noun
During Christmas, these culprits were in abundance, but cakes, bread and booze weren't the only things to blame.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
The same goes for frozen meals, casseroles, soups, stews and cakes, pies and pastries with custard or cheese fillings.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
Federal forecasters said as much as 6 feet of snow could cake the ground in northern Erie County by Tuesday.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2024
The town today is caked in mud and residents are just pushing forward, scooping out mud and paving pathways to get into their houses.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cake. Accessed 20 Jan. 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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