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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Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Mikey Moore put the icing on the Tottenham cake in stoppage time.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Alicia Wallace, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
The floor of the check-in station was caked with dry, cracked gray mud and crinkled leaves early this month.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Securing a multi-year deal with that race winner is the icing on the cake.
—Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Mikey Moore put the icing on the Tottenham cake in stoppage time.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
The property was seemingly spared by the fire; however, it was caked in a cocktail of soot, ash and other unknown chemicals from firefighting efforts and burned homes.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
The floor of the check-in station was caked with dry, cracked gray mud and crinkled leaves early this month.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cake. Accessed 3 Mar. 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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