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cake

cake

11 4.9
A solid block of material shaped for easy use, like soap or wax
  • noun
  • /keɪk/
: torta
  • Emory and I supplied the three-tiered wedding cake from whatever bakery had answered the phone first.
  • fiber cake
  • dried dung cake
  • sludge cake

You wouldn't believe Max Factor put out a cake makeup.

Examples

  • Even PSAers pitched in to serve cake at the "make your own ice cream sundae" party.

    Academic text (1998)
  • They're handing them out like hot cakes.

  • I'll just add a cake of soap.

  • You had a Baltimore crab cake from a restaurant.

  • I wouldn't eat that side of the cake if I were you.

  • All the women bought one or two cakes of the Windsor soap.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • There were signs that she ate rice cakes, pretzels, and hard candy.

    Academic text (2004)
  • To keep the cake from sticking, use a layer of wax paper underneath it.

  • The artist used a block of soap cake to carve a detailed figure.

  • They used a cake of wax to seal the letters before mailing them.

Synonyms

bar
vscake
658 1.0

A long solid piece of metal used for support or play

is a compact mass shaped for convenient use rather than a long rigid form

Idioms

piece of cake
  • Informal
47 1.0

Something very easy to do

19 3.1

An extra good thing that makes a situation better

to take the cake
  • Informal
15 7.6

The most extreme example, often surprising in a bad or silly way

Compounds

A cake made with chocolate and served as a dessert

37 1.0

A cake made and decorated for a birthday, often with candles

37 1.0

A decorated cake with layers made for a wedding celebration

10 1.6

A sweet cake or bread often flavored with cinnamon and nuts, eaten with coffee

10 3.2

A ring-shaped cake baked in a pan with wavy sides and a hole in the middle

10 1.8

A light, airy cake that uses eggs, flour and sugar without butter or oil

A dessert of ice cream shaped like a cake and decorated for parties

9 1.2

A rich, heavy cake made with a lot of butter, sugar, eggs, and flour

8 1.0

A packaged set of dry ingredients for making a cake that you add eggs and water to

7 1.3

A cake with two or more layers and sweet filling between

5 2.5

A very light cake made only from egg whites, flour, and sugar

5 1.0

A sweet baked cake with small pieces of coconut inside and on top

cake walk
  • Informal
5 1.3

A very easy task that needs little effort

5 2.0

A sweet cake with a thick crumbly topping often eaten with coffee

4 2.9

A very light cake made with only egg whites and no butter

A cake you bake with fruit on the bottom then flip so it sits on top

3 1.0

A flat round cake made from thin batter and cooked on both sides on a hot pan

3 2.0

A small fried patty made from flaked fish mixed with potatoes

A rich cake with dried fruit and sweet icing that people eat at Christmas

2 2.5

A sweet spicy cake made with honey that people eat at holidays

yeast cake
  • Archaic
1 3.0

A small solid block that you use in baking to make bread dough rise

1 8.0

A flat cornmeal cake cooked like a pancake on a griddle

1 2.0

A flat food like a pancake made from cornmeal and cooked on a pan

1 1.0

A light pale cake using only egg whites, flour, sugar, and butter

A very dark, rich chocolate cake that is moist and has a strong chocolate taste

1 1.9

A cake with light and dark batters mixed to make a swirled look

1 3.7

A chilled dessert with layers of cookies and whipped cream

1 1.8

A cake made with warm spices like cinnamon and nutmeg

1 3.5

A sweet cake with seeds like caraway and a little lemon

1 2.8

A light soft cake made with oil and eggs

1 1.0

A metal pan people use to bake cakes

A thin pancake made with buckwheat flour often served for breakfast

1 5.6

A rich, firm sponge cake with a close, buttery texture

1 2.2

A shaped pan used for baking cakes so they take that shape

1 8.2

A type of cornbread wrapped in leaves and baked in hot ashes

1 6.3

A cake baked in a pan over sweet fruit then flipped so the fruit is on top

1 7.7

A sponge cake soaked in wine or sherry and decorated with almonds and candied fruit

oil cake
  • Specialized
1 6.2

A pressed block of seeds left after their oil is removed and used as animal feed

1 3.9

A moist cake made with pureed prunes

A moist spiced cake that uses applesauce

codfish cake
  • Canadian
1 3.5

A small fried or baked cake made from salt cod and potatoes

cottonseed cake
  • Specialized
1 5.8

Solid material left after people remove oil from cotton seeds used to feed animals or help plants grow

1 8.9

A small, round, flat pastry filled with currants or other dried fruit

1 5.5

A thin pancake fried on both sides and often served for breakfast

A light, soft cake flavored with vanilla

1 6.2

A solid block of rich food made for cows to eat

cotton cake
  • Indian
1 6.0

Solid material left after oil is taken from cotton seeds used to feed animals or as fertilizer

flannel-cake
  • Archaic
7.7

A thin flat cake cooked on a hot pan like a pancake

4.7

A cooked patty made from imitation crab and other ingredients

journey cake
  • Archaic
8.0

A thin cornbread cooked like a pancake on a hot pan

neem cake
  • Indian
9.3

A solid left after squeezing neem seeds for oil that is used as a natural fertilizer and to control pests

3.7

A small rough cake with dried fruit, hard outside and soft inside

9.9

A flat bread made from cornmeal by the Shawnee people

How Big

block
406 1.0
cake
11 4.9
bar
658 1.0
sliver
49 3.9
to flake
11 2.6

Surface Forms

cake singular
cakes plural

Etymology

A cake of soap keeps the same idea: the old word kaka meant a shaped 'lump' or block. So a block of soap or wax is called a 'cake' because it is a handy shaped mass for use.