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cake

Noun CEFR A2 Frequent
keɪk

Definitions

  1. A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
  2. A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing
  3. A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.
  4. A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough
  5. To cover or fill with a thick layer, as of compacted matter: a miner whose face was caked with soot.
  6. A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.
  7. A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake
  8. To become formed into a compact or crusty mass: As temperatures dropped, the wet snow caked.
  9. A block of any various dense materials.
  10. A block of any various dense materials
  11. To make or become physically hard:concrete, congeal, dry, harden, indurate, petrify, set, solidify.
  12. Ellipsis of piece of cake: a trivially easy task or responsibility.
  13. Ellipsis of piece of cake: a trivially easy task or responsibility
  14. to cover in the form of a dried mass. His shoes were caked with mud. aanpak يَكْسو втвърдявам empastar špinavé, olepené verkrusten indsmøre; sjaske til σκεπάζω estar cubierto de paakunud kihina katma پوسته بستن peittää 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 bedekkendekke, klumpe seg pokrywać, oblepiać پوست ليكنه empastar a prinde o crustă облеплять zlepiť sa, olepiť, tvrdnúť st...
  15. Money.
  16. A sweet baked food made of flour, liquid, eggs, and other ingredients, such as raising agents and flavorings.
  17. Used to describe the doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too.
  18. A flat rounded mass of dough or batter, such as a pancake, that is baked or fried.
  19. A flat rounded mass of hashed or chopped food that is baked or fried; a patty.
  20. A pair of buttocks, especially one that is exceptionally plump or full.
  21. A shaped or molded piece, as of soap or ice.
  22. A multishot fireworks assembly comprising several tubes, each with a fireworks effect, lit by a single fuse.
  23. A layer or deposit of compacted matter: a cake of grime in the oven.
  24. A foolish person.
  25. (Cookery) a baked food, usually in loaf or layer form, typically made from a mixture of flour, sugar, and eggs

Equivalents

63 more languages
Afrikaanskoek
العربيةالكعكةكعككعكةكيك
Беларускаяторт
Българскиторта
বাংলাপিঠা
Catalàpastís
Češtinablokdeskadortmoučník
Esperantobrikokuko
Eestikook
Vosa Vakavitikeke
Galegopastel
ગુજરાતીકેક
עבריתעוגה
हिन्दीकेक
Հայերենտորթ
Bahasa Indonesiabolukue
Íslenskakakastykki
Қазақ тілібалкүлшеторт
ភាសាខ្មែរនំបារាំង
Kurdîblokkekpasteltort
LëtzebuergeschKuch
ລາວເຄັກ
Lietuviųpyragastortas
Latviešukēksskūka
Te Reo Māorikekepepe
മലയാളംകേക്ക്
Монголбоорцог
Bahasa Melayukek
မြန်မာကိတ်မုန့်
ଓଡ଼ିଆପିଠା
Portuguêsbolosabonete
Slovenčinakoláčpalacinka
Kiswahilikeki
தமிழ்கேக்
ไทยเค้ก
Tagalogkeyk
Türkçekekpasta
ئۇيغۇرچەتورت
اردوکیک

Examples

“On Monday afternoon, Ronya attends a birthday party and eats cake whenever cake is presented to her.”
“an oatmeal cake
“a johnnycake
buckwheat cakes
“a cake of soap
“a cake of sand
Cakes of rustling ice come rolling down the flood.”
Now that I escape, sleepwalk awake / Those who could relate know the world ain't cake
“"It looks like the cake [and eat it] philosophy is still alive." Quote attributed to Donald Tusk.”
Since I started doing squats, I've built up some serious cake.”
“"The Lord Mayor can say tart things," said Hobler to a scavenger. "Yes," replied the dustman, "he does say things that are tart, which is not to be wondered at when we know him to be a regular cake."”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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