cake
cake Lexical Profile
cake Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A sweet baked food made from a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and other ingredients, often layered and frosted, usually served on celebratory occasions.
"She spent the entire afternoon baking a multi-tiered chocolate cake for her sister's wedding anniversary."
A flat, round mass of savory food that is baked or fried, typically consisting of chopped meat, fish, or vegetables.
"For dinner, the guests enjoyed traditional Maryland crab cakes accompanied by a light lemon salad."
A solid, compact block or shaped mass of a substance, such as soap or ice.
"He purchased a new cake of lavender soap from the local artisan market."
• verb
To cover something thickly with a sticky or wet substance that subsequently dries and hardens.
"After the long trek through the rain, the hiker's sturdy leather boots were completely caked in dried mud."
To form into a hard, compact mass as a result of drying.
"Without adequate moisture, the damp clay began to cake under the intense heat of the afternoon sun."
• Rhymes for cake
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English 'cake', originating from Old Norse 'kaka', and closely related to the German 'Kuchen' and Dutch 'koek'.
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