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seedcake

seedcake

7.3
A sweet cake with seeds like caraway or sesame and a lemon taste
  • noun
  • UK
translation icon : pastel de semillas
  • She baked a traditional seedcake made with sesame seeds for the family gathering.

Examples

  • At the bakery, I picked up a seedcake to share with my friends during tea time.

  • For dessert, we enjoyed a slice of seedcake flavored with caraway seeds and lemon.

  • First I gave him the bit of seedcake out of my mouth.

    Bloom (2003)

  • Softly, she gave me in my mouth the seedcake, warm and chewed.

    Bloom (2003)

Synonyms

seed cake
vsseedcake
  • UK
1 3.5

A sweet cake with seeds like caraway and a little lemon

is written as a single word in ordinary spelling

Surface Forms

seedcake singular
seedcakes plural

Morphology

seedcake = seed + cake (transparent) = seed + cake

Literal compound of 'seed' + 'cake'; learners who know both words can infer it is a cake involving seeds.

Etymology

The word seedcake is simply seed ('seed') plus cake ('cake'), so it means a cake made with seeds like caraway or sesame and often flavored with lemon.