cakenoun
uk/keɪk/us/keɪk/cake noun (FOOD)
A1 [ C or U ] a sweet food made with a mixture of flour, eggs, fat, and sugar:
Would you like a piece of/a slice of/some cake?
chocolate/sponge cake
a birthday/Christmas cake
cream cakes
He made/baked a delicious cake.
See also
oatcake
pancake
More examples
- He cut the cake into six pieces and gave each child a slice.
- Is there any of that lemon cake left?
- Bake the cake in a hot oven, about 220°C, for 30 minutes.
- "I adore chocolate cake, " said Susannah, smacking her lips.
- We were offered a selection of cakes and pastries with our tea.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cakes
- angel food cake
- angelica
- bake sale
- baked goods
- Bakewell tart
- donut
- doughnut
- dumpling
- fairy cake
- flapjack
- marzipan
- meringue
- monkey bread
- muffin
- panettone
- streusel
- Swiss roll
- teacake
- topping
- torte
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cake noun (SHAPE)
[ C ] a small flat object made by pressing together a soft substance:
fish/potato cakes
a cake of soap
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Patterns and shapes
- amorphous
- arabesque
- argyle
- bar
- candy-striped
- contour
- geometry
- grain
- misshapen
- motif
- mottled
- paisley
- pattern
- silhouette
- spotted
- striped
- stripy
- styloid
- take shape idiom
- tartan
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Idiom(s)
have your cake and eat it (too)
the slice/share of the cake
cakeverb [ T usually passive ]
uk/keɪk/us/keɪk/to cover something or someone thickly with a substance that then dries out:
The men were caked in layers of filth and grime.
boots caked with mud
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Covering and adding layers
- asphalt
- bestrew
- binder
- blanket
- blindfold
- carpet
- coat
- film
- film over
- fur
- gild
- gum sth up
- inlay
- lag
- pad
- proof
- resurface
- seal
- swathe
- whitewash
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