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- pronunciation:
- keIk
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb & intransitive verb
- phrases:
- a piece of cake, take the cake
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a sweet, baked food made with flour, sugar, and eggs, often in the form of a loaf or round layers.
I'll make her a cake for her birthday.The instructions say to bake the cake at 350 degrees.
- similar words:
- bun, cupcake, kuchen, pastry, pie, tart, torte
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| definition 2: |
a flattish oblong or round portion of food, formed or poured, and usu. baked or fried.
She would like her fish cake on a bun.a pancake- similar words:
- donut, flapjack, fritter, griddlecake, hot cake, pancake
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| definition 3: |
a hardened, formed mass of some substance.
a cake of soapcottonseed cake- similar words:
- bar
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| related words: |
block, clot, mass |
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| phrase: |
take the cake |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb & intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
cakes, caking, caked |
| definition: |
to form, or form into, a hardened mass.
- synonyms:
- indurate, solidify
- similar words:
- coagulate, concrete, congeal, form, harden, mold, pat, shape
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| related words: |
clot, compress |
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| phrase: |
a piece of cake |
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