cake

Speech parts

1. cake - Noun

2. cake - Verb

Meaning

A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake.

A sweetened composition of flour and other ingredients, leavened or unleavened, baked in a loaf or mass of any size or shape.

A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake; as buckwheat cakes.

A mass of matter concreted, congealed, or molded into a solid mass of any form, esp. into a form rather flat than high; as, a cake of soap; an ague cake.

To form into a cake, or mass.

To concrete or consolidate into a hard mass, as dough in an oven; to coagulate.

To cackle as a goose.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

patty coat bar dessert pastry fruitcake shortcake cheesecake cupcake gateau mass danish angelica harden oreo
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Antonyms

allow loss contest admit relax assail
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Hypernyms

cover block dish baked goods spread over

Hyponyms

baba flapjack waffle cooky tablet cookie

Phrases with the word

take the cake icing on the cake a piece of cake dairy cake sweet cake butter cake

Derivatives

caked caking

Anagrams

ecka

Examples

Old age is the time when birthday candles cost more than the birthday cake itself, and half of your urine is wasted on medical testing. Faina Ranevskaya

For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake. Alfred Hitchcock

A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece. Ludwig Erhard

The most dangerous food is a wedding cake. American Proverb

Better to eat bread in peace, then cake amid turmoil. Slovak Proverb

Give an extra piece of cake to a stepchild. Korean Proverb

Close letter words and terms

cak Cakchikel Cakchiquel cake and gingerbread cake and wine cake baked at christmas