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cake

[ ˈkāk]

cake

noun

[ˈkāk]

Definition of cake

(Entry 1 of 2)

1a : a breadlike food made from a dough or batter that is usually fried or baked in small flat shapes and is often unleavened

b : a sweet baked food made from a dough or thick batter usually containing flour and sugar and often shortening, eggs, and a raising agent (such as baking powder)

c : a flattened usually round mass of food that is baked or fried
//a fish cake

2a : a block of compacted or congealed matter
//a cake of ice

b : a hard or brittle layer or deposit

3 : something easily done
//after so much studying, the test was cake

cake

verb

caked; caking

Definition of cake (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

1 : encrust
//caked with dust

2 : to fill (a space) with a packed mass

intransitive verb

: to form or harden into a mass

Other Words from cake

Noun

cakey \ ˈkā-kē \ adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms for dainty

Synonyms: Verb

Synonyms: Noun

Recent Examples on the Web

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
//Rudy carries a small box with funnel cake and french fries.
— Longreads, "Kissed a Girl," 7 Nov. 2019
//Beyond the Duchess supporting the bakery's powerful mission, Meghan has also reportedly enjoyed their cakes, most recently for her 38th birthday in August 2019.
— Maggie Maloney, Town & Country, "Meghan Markle Kept it Casual in Jeans and a Crisp Button Down For a Visit to Luminary Bakery," 1 Nov. 2019
//Diners with a connection to the Midwest will be drawn to the restaurant for its customer favorites like its chocolate cake, served in a diner atmosphere with booths and nostalgic decorations.
— Austin Fuller, orlandosentinel.com, "Popular Chicago restaurant Portillo’s is coming to Disney area," 9 Oct. 2019
//Photos of the bride and groom looking crazy in love while cutting their cake made its rounds online.
— Jasmine Grant, Essence, "Luvvie Ajayi Is Officially A Married Woman," 30 Sep. 2019
//Your cake will taste just as good but your seasonal fall baking Instagram post might take a blow.
— Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, "This One Rule Separates Good Baking Apples From The Losers," 26 Sep. 2019
//The piece de resistance was her lavish, four tiered cake with metallic embellishments.
— Vogue, "Priyanka Chopra Threw Nick Jonas the Most Over the Top Birthday Party in Chicago," 18 Sep. 2019
//But Democratic presidential hopefuls want to eat their cake and have it.
— Fortune, "Do U.S. Democrats Have a Better China Strategy?," 14 Sep. 2019
//What separates them from your standard layer cakes is their pillowy, spongy texture, made with twenty paper-thin crepes stacked between blankets of light pastry cream.
— Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, "Antoni Porowski, Bella Twins bring latkes, laughs to USA TODAY Wine & Food Experience in NYC," 8 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
//Mahaney traipsed around in the dark, photographing buildings and cars caked with layers of snow.
— Coralie Kraft, The New Yorker, "Life in Alaska During the Round-the-Clock Darkness of Polar Night," 29 Sep. 2019
//Carroll played a video showing white gunk caked on parts of the inside of a lateral, the pipe that connects the restaurant’s plumbing to the city’s sewer main.
— Daily Pilot, "Costa Mesa Denny’s gets heat over sewage spills," 23 Sep. 2019
//The wind had sucked leaves from the trees, and a layer of mud was caked everywhere.
— Los Angeles Times, "Puerto Rico scandal stirs anger and memories of the difficult days after Hurricane Maria," 28 July 2019
//Their boots and waders caked in gray mud, the anglers watched the surface for the telltale torpedo shape and silvery sides of a fresh coho.
— Matt Tunseth, Anchorage Daily News, "Early birds get the silvers at this roadside fishery near Anchorage," 16 Aug. 2019
//The ducklings were mud-caked but are now safe. Reunited with their mother, the family waddled on their merry way, quacking and cheeping their appreciation.
— Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, "That’s quack-tastic! Metro Transit officers rescue 8 ducklings from storm drain," 6 July 2019
//Galaxy’s Edge, lovingly grime-caked and even tangled with power lines of its own, recognizes that Star Wars is about such moments of recognition.
— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "The Star Wars Park Is a Space-Junk Fantasy," 5 June 2019
//The leftover soot that cakes firefighter uniforms is considered a carcinogen, according to the National Cancer Institute.
— Julia Fair, Cincinnati.com, "Retired Covington firefighter dies from melanoma cancer," 25 June 2019
//Javier Jaén The footprints are still there, the striped tread of Neil Armstrong’s boots, caked into dust.
— New York Times, "Fifty Years Ago We Landed on the Moon. Why Should We Care Now?," 14 June 2019

First Known Use of cake

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

1615, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

History and Etymology for cake

Noun

Middle English, from Old Norse kaka; akin to Old High German kuocho cake

Dictionary Entries near cake

Phrases Related to cake

have one's cake and eat it too

icing on the cake

layer cake

More Synonyms and Antonyms ofcake

Synonyms & Antonyms of cake

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried

the rich, tender cakes of crabmeat had been lightly fried

Synonyms for cake

Words Related to cake

finger,
stick

gâteau
(or gateau)

2 something easily done or dealt with

today's assignment is cake compared to yesterday's

Synonyms for cake

Words Related to cake

sitting duck

Phrases Synonymous with cake

Near Antonyms for cake

Antonyms for cake

cake

verb

Synonyms of cake (Entry 2 of 2)

to cover with a hardened layer

shoes caked with dried mud

Synonyms for cake

Words Related to cake

cover,
daub

More Definitions forcake

cake

noun

English Language Learners Definition of cake

(Entry 1 of 2)

: a sweet baked food made from a mixture of flour, sugar, and other ingredients (such as eggs and butter)

: a mixture of food that has been shaped into a ball or a flat round shape and baked or fried

: something that is shaped like a rectangular block

cake

verb

English Language Learners Definition of cake (Entry 2 of 2)

: to cover something with an outer layer that becomes hard as it dries

: to become dry and hard

cake

noun

\ ˈkāk \

Kids Definition of cake

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : a baked food made from a sweet batter or dough
//chocolate cake

2 : a usually flat round piece of food that is baked or fried
//a crab cake rice cakes

3 : a substance hardened or molded into a solid piece
//a cake of soap

cake

verb

caked; caking

Kids Definition of cake (Entry 2 of 2)

1 : encrust
//His clothes were caked with dust.

2 : to become dry and hard
//The mud had caked on her boots.