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cake  (kk)

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.

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[Middle English, from Old Norse kaka.]

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cake

Noun

1. a sweet food baked from a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, etc.

2. a flat compact mass of something: a cake of soap

3. have one's cake and eat it to enjoy both of two incompatible alternatives

4. piece of cake Informal something that is easy to do

5. sell like hot cakes Informal to be sold very quickly: commercial novels sell like hot cakes

Verb

[caking, caked]

to form into a hardened mass or crust: there was blood caked an inch thick on the walls [Old Norse kaka]

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cake - a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); "a bar of chocolate" bar 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       patty dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" fish cake, fish ball - a fried ball or patty of flaked fish and mashed potatoes
	3.	cake - baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat baked 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 jumbal, jumble - small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie 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 seed cake, seedcake - a sweet cake flavored with sesame or caraway seeds and lemon teacake - any of various small cakes or cookies often served with tea cookie, cooky, biscuit - any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term) 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" coat spread over, cover - form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave"

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cake

noun 1. block, bar, slab, lump, cube, loaf, mass

verb 2. solidify, dry, consolidate, harden, thicken, congeal, coagulate, ossify, encrust

Translations

cake [keɪk] n → pastel m [of soap] → pastilla;

he wants to have his cake and eat it (fig) → quiere estar en misa y repicando;

it's a piece of cake (col) → es pan comido

cake [keɪk] n → gâteau m;

cake of soap → savonnette f;

it's a piece of cake (inf) → c'est un jeu d'enfant;

he wants to have his cake and eat it (too) (fig) → il veut tout avoir

cake [keɪk] n → Kuchen m;

(small) → Gebäckstück nt;

(of soap) → Stück nt;

it's a piece of cake (inf) → das ist ein Kinderspiel or ein Klacks;

he wants to have his cake and eat it (too) (fig) → er will das eine, ohne das andere zu lassen

cake [keɪk] n → torta;

cake of soap → saponetta;

it's a piece of cake (col) → è una cosa da nulla;

he wants to have his cake and eat it (too) (fig) → vuole la botte piena e la moglie ubriaca

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cake

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, osa morceau חֲתִיכָה टुकडा़ komadić darab sepotong bútur, sneið, stykki, hluti pezzo 一片 조각, 단편 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 (음식물의) 일정한 모양의 덩어리 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 (납작하고 딱딱한) 덩어리 gabalas gabals buku stuk, blok stykke, blokk kawałek barra bu­cată; calup кусок kus, kúsok, tabuľka kos komad bit, stycke ก้อนแบน kalıp, ...kalıbı 塊結物 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 (진흙·회반죽 등으로) 덮다 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 使塊結 налипати کسی سخت چیز سے ڈھانپنا đóng bánh 使块结