cake (k k)n. 1. A sweet baked food made of flour, liquid, eggs, and other ingredients, such as raising agents and flavorings. 2. A flat rounded mass of dough or batter, such as a pancake that is baked or fried. 3. A flat rounded mass of hashed or chopped food that is baked or fried; a patty. 4. A shaped or molded piece, as of soap or ice. 5. A layer or deposit of compacted matter: a cake of grime in the oven. v. caked, cak·ing, cakes v.tr. To cover or fill with a thick layer, as of compacted matter: a miner whose face was caked with soot. v.intr. To become formed into a compact or crusty mass: As temperatures dropped, the wet snow caked. [Middle English, from Old Norse kaka.] |
cake [keɪk]
n
1. (Cookery) a baked food, usually in loaf or layer form, typically made from a mixture of flour, sugar, and eggs
2. (Cookery) a flat thin mass of bread, esp unleavened bread
3. (Cookery) a shaped mass of dough or other food of similar consistency a fish cake
4. a mass, slab, or crust of a solidified or compressed substance, as of soap or ice
have one's cake and eat it to enjoy both of two desirable but incompatible alternatives
go or sell like hot cakes Informal to be sold very quickly or in large quantities
piece of cake Informal something that is easily achieved or obtained
take the cake Informal to surpass all others, esp in stupidity, folly, etc.
9. Informal the whole or total of something that is to be shared or divided the miners are demanding a larger slice of the cake that is a fair method of sharing the cake
vb
1. (tr) to cover with a hard layer; encrust the hull was caked with salt
2. to form or be formed into a hardened mass
[from Old Norse kaka; related to Danish kage, German Kuchen]
cakey , caky adj
Cake a mass of matter moulded into a solid shape; used figuratively.
Examples: cake of customs, 1872; of dynamite, 1884; of ice; of laws and customs, 1879; of paint; of soap; of tobacco; of wax, 1528.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  cake - a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); "a bar of chocolate"block - a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks" tablet - a small flat compressed cake of some substance; "a tablet of soap" |
| 2. |  cake - small flat mass of chopped food dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" | |
| 3. |  cake - baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fatbaked goods - foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven applesauce cake - moist spicy cake containing applesauce baba - a small cake leavened with yeast birthday cake - decorated cake served at a birthday party cheesecake - made with sweetened cream cheese and eggs and cream baked in a crumb crust chiffon cake - very light cake chocolate cake - cake containing chocolate coconut cake - cake containing shredded coconut in batter and frosting coffee cake, coffeecake - a cake or sweet bread usually served with coffee crumb cake - cake or coffeecake topped with a mixture of sugar and butter and flour crumpet - a thick soft cake with a porous texture; cooked on a griddle cupcake - small cake baked in a muffin tin Eccles cake - a flat round cake of sweetened pastry filled with dried fruit fruitcake - a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on gateau - any of various rich and elaborate cakes sponge cake - a light porous cake made with eggs and flour and sugar without shortening bridecake, wedding cake - a rich cake with two or more tiers and covered with frosting and decorations; served at a wedding reception white cake - cake made without egg yolks spice cake - cake flavored with spices gingerbread - cake flavored with ginger pound cake - rich loaf cake made of a pound each of butter and sugar and flour layer cake - cake having layers held together by a sweet filling and usually covered with frosting torte - rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts; originated in Austria petit four - small (individual) frosted and ornamented cake prune cake - moist cake containing prunes that have been made into a puree savarin - a sponge cake baked in a ring mold Boston cream pie - layer cake filled with custard skillet cake, upside-down cake - batter baked atop a layer of sweetened fruit then turned upside down so fruit is on top honey cake - a spicy cake partially sweetened with honey marble cake - made of light and dark batter very lightly blended genoise - rich and delicate Italian sponge cake teacake - any of various small cakes or cookies often served with tea friedcake - small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat battercake, flannel cake, flannel-cake, flapcake, flapjack, hot cake, hotcake, pancake, griddlecake - a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle waffle - pancake batter baked in a waffle iron rock cake - a small cake with a hard surface said to resemble a rock Victoria sandwich, Victoria sponge - a cake consisting of two layers of sponge cake with a jelly filling in between | |
| Verb | 1. |  cake - form a coat over; "Dirt had coated her face"spread over, cover - form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave" |
cake
noun
1. gateau Would you like some chocolate cake?
verb
1. solidify, dry, consolidate, harden, thicken, congeal, coagulate, ossify, encrust The blood had begun to cake and turn brown.
2. cover, coat, plaster, smear, spread Her hair was caked with mud.
Cakes and pastries
almond cake, angel cake or angel food cake, Bakewell tart, baklava, Banbury cake, Battenburg cake, black bun, Black forest gateau, brownie, carrot cake, cherry cake, chocolate cake, Christmas cake, coconut cake, coffee kiss, cream cake, cream puff, cruller or kruller (U.S. & Canad.), crumpet, cupcake, Danish pastry, devil's food cake, doughnut or donut, drop scone or pancake (Scot.), dumpling, Dundee cake, Eccles cake, eclair, fairy cake, flapjack, frangipane, French pastry, fruitcake, fudge cake, gateau, Genoa cake, Genoese sponge, gingerbread, hot cross bun, johnny cake (Austral.), jumble or jumbal, koeksister (S. Afr.), kuchen, kuglehopf, ladyfinger or sponge finger, lamington (Austral. & N.Z.), lardy cake, layer cake, Linzer torte, Madeira cake, madeleine, marble cake, meringue, millefeuille, mince pie, muffin, pancake, pandowdy, panettone, parkin, petit four, pound cake, profiterole, queencake, rock cake, rum baba, Sally Lunn, sandwich cake, scone, seedcake, Selkirk bannock, simnel cake, singing hinny, sponge cake, stollen, swiss roll, tart, teabread, teacake, tipsy cake, torte, turnover, upside-down cake, Victoria sponge, wedding cake, yumyum (Scot.) Translations
cake [keɪk]
A. N
1. (large) → tarta f, pastel m, torta f (LAm); (small) → pastel m, queque m (LAm); (sponge, plain) → bizcocho m, pan m dulce
the way the national cake is divided (fig) → la forma en que está repartida la tarta or está repartido el pastel nacional
it's a piece of cake → es pan comido, está tirado
to go or sell like hot cakes → venderse como rosquillas
to have one's cake and eat it he wants to have his cake and eat it → quiere nadar y guardar la ropa
that takes the cake! → ¡es el colmo!
the way the national cake is divided (fig) → la forma en que está repartida la tarta or está repartido el pastel nacional
it's a piece of cake → es pan comido, está tirado
to go or sell like hot cakes → venderse como rosquillas
to have one's cake and eat it he wants to have his cake and eat it → quiere nadar y guardar la ropa
that takes the cake! → ¡es el colmo!
C. VI [blood] → coagularse; [mud] → endurecerse
cake [ˈkeɪk] n
(large) → gâteau m; (small) → pâtisserie f
it's a piece of cake (= easy) → c'est un jeu d'enfant
he wants to have his cake and eat it, he wants to have his cake and eat it too → il veut avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre
to sell like hot cakes → se vendre comme des petits pains
to take the cake (US) → être le bouquet, être le comble
it's a piece of cake (= easy) → c'est un jeu d'enfant
he wants to have his cake and eat it, he wants to have his cake and eat it too → il veut avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre
to sell like hot cakes → se vendre comme des petits pains
to take the cake (US) → être le bouquet, être le comble
cake of soap → savonnette f
cake
cake:
n
→ Kuchen m; (= gateau) → Torte f; (= bun, individual cake) → Gebäckstück nt, → Teilchen nt (dial); cakes and pastries → Gebäck nt; a piece of cake (fig inf) → ein Kinderspiel nt, → ein Klacks m (inf); he/that takes the cake (inf) → das ist das Schärfste (inf); (negatively also) → das schlägt dem Fass den Boden aus; to sell like hot cakes → weggehen wie warme Semmeln (inf); you can’t have your cake and eat it (prov) → beides auf einmal geht nicht; he wants to have his cake and eat it (prov) → er will das eine, ohne das andere zu lassen
vt → dick einschmieren; my shoes are caked with or in mud → meine Schuhe sind völlig verdreckt or dreckverkrustet
cake:
cake mix
n → Backmischung f
cake mixture
n → Kuchenteig m
cake pan
n (US) → Kuchenform f
cake shop
n → Konditorei f
cake tin
n (Brit, for baking) → Kuchenform f; (for storage) → Kuchenbüchse f
cake [keɪk]
cake [keɪk]
1. n
a. (large) → torta; (small) → pasticcino
piece of cake → fetta di torta
it's a piece of cake (fam) → è una cosa facile or da nulla
driving is a piece of cake → non ci vuole niente a guidare
to sell like hot cakes (fam) → andare a ruba
he wants to have his cake and eat it (fig) → vuole la botte piena e la moglie ubriaca
piece of cake → fetta di torta
it's a piece of cake (fam) → è una cosa facile or da nulla
driving is a piece of cake → non ci vuole niente a guidare
to sell like hot cakes (fam) → andare a ruba
he wants to have his cake and eat it (fig) → vuole la botte piena e la moglie ubriaca
2. vt to cake (with) → incrostare (di)
3. vi (blood) → raggrumarsi; (mud) → incrostarsi
cake [keɪk]
1. n
a. (large) → torta; (small) → pasticcino
piece of cake → fetta di torta
it's a piece of cake (fam) → è una cosa facile or da nulla
driving is a piece of cake → non ci vuole niente a guidare
to sell like hot cakes (fam) → andare a ruba
he wants to have his cake and eat it (fig) → vuole la botte piena e la moglie ubriaca
piece of cake → fetta di torta
it's a piece of cake (fam) → è una cosa facile or da nulla
driving is a piece of cake → non ci vuole niente a guidare
to sell like hot cakes (fam) → andare a ruba
he wants to have his cake and eat it (fig) → vuole la botte piena e la moglie ubriaca
2. vt to cake (with) → incrostare (di)
3. vi (blood) → raggrumarsi; (mud) → incrostarsi
n cake [keik]
1 a food made by baking a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar etc a piece of cake; a plate of cream cakes; a Christmas cake. stuk قِطْعَه парче kus stykke; del das Stück κομμάτι trozo, pedazo tükk تکه pala morceau חֲתִיכָה टुकडा़ komadić darab sepotong bútur, sneið, stykki, hluti pezzo 一片 조각, 파편 dalis, gabalas, sklypas gabals; daļa sepotong; bahagian demi bahagian stuk stykke kawałek, fragment pedaço bucată кусок; часть kus kos parče stycke, bit ชิ้นส่วน parça 部分，塊 шматок, кусок ٹکڑا mẩu/ miếng 部分，块
2 a piece of other food pressed into shape fishcakes; oatcakes. koekie قُرْص кейк placka, karbanátek frikadelle; bøf kuchenartig geformte Masse -κεφτές (ως β΄ συνθ.) pastel; tortita; croqueta kakk, pall شامی؛ کنجاله kakkunen, pyörykkä croquette, galette d'avoine קְצִיצָה केक की शक्ल में काटी गयी खाने की अन्य चीज komad pogácsa kue matarkaka frittella, crocchetta 固めた食品 케이크 모양의 식품 paplotėlis, blynas, sklindis plācenis kek koekje -kake, –bolle placek bolinho crochetă; turtă котлета; лепёшка karbonátka, placka pecivo komad bulle, kaka ชิ้นขนม kalıp... 餅狀食物 брикет خوراک کے دیگر اجزاء کو دبا کر کیک کی شکل دینا miếng bánh 饼状食物
3 a flattened hard mass a cake of soap. koekie قالَب صابون блокче kostka, kus stykke der Riegel πλάκα (π.χ. σαπουνιού) pastilla tükk قالب levy, pala pain גוּש कोई चपटी सख्त चीज komad darab sepotong sápustykki pezzo かたまり 케이크 모양의 물건 gabalas gabals buku stuk, blok stykke, blokk kawałek barra bucată; calup кусок kus, kúsok, tabuľka kos komad bit, stycke ก้อนแบน kalıp, ...kalıbı 壓平硬塊 брусок سخت چپٹی چیز , ٹکیہ bánh 块结物
v
to cover in the form of a dried mass His shoes were caked with mud. aanpak يَكْسو втвърдявам špinavé, olepené indsmøre; sjaske til verkrusten σκεπάζω (με κρούστα) estar cubierto de paakunud kihina katma پوسته بستن olla jonkin peitossa former une croûte מְכוּסֶה कीचड़ इत्यादि में सनना stvrdnuti se, nakupiti rászárad meliputi þekja incrostare 固まりつく 덩어리로 뒤덮다 aplipti aplipt; pārklāt disaluti bedekken dekke, klumpe seg pokrywać, oblepiać empastar a prinde o crustă облеплять zlepiť sa, olepiť, tvrdnúť strditi se zaprljati forma till en kaka, bilda skorpa på, täcka ติดกรังเป็นก้อน kaplamak 結成硬塊沾在...上 налипати کسی سخت چیز سے ڈھانپنا đóng bánh 使块结
cake → كعك dort kage Kuchen τούρτα pastel kakku gâteau kolač torta ケーキ 케이크 cake kake ciasto bolo пирожное tårta ขนมเค้ก kek bánh ngọt 蛋糕
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