HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of cakeful | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

As much as a cake has.

Examples

“Trans World Airlines had a cakeful of candles recenly^([sic]) to light up an anniversary.”
“Roscoe Cheers to the girls, Young Roscoe Beautiful girls, Both Who fill our stage. Roscoe Delicious, Young Roscoe Enticing, Roscoe The crème de la crème. Young Roscoe A cakeful of icing, Cannot compare to them.”
“Love and sex, these were an icing on his whole cakeful of goodies. Like many women, Rebecca realized that such a cakeful of goodies could not exist for him were she not there to do the innumerable drudge tasks of daily existence.”
“My birthday was coming up, and although I prefer to just let it slip by, I thought the little ones should have a cakeful of candles to blow out and a chance to sing Happy Birthday.”
“First, get an idea of what it feels like to work the muscle by sitting up straight and exhaling fully, as if you were blowing out a cakeful of candles;”
“Imagine you're faced with a cakeful of candles and have to blow out only one of them.”
“‘I can go all day hardly eating anything. Then, wham, I get this dreadful urge and in no time I’ve eaten cakesful of calories!’”
“She stabbed the cigarette into her mouth, lit up, and blew smoke from her lungs as if she were blowing out a cakeful of candles.”
“The latest is: we got a little more frosting in the north. Not a cakeful, but more than a nibble.”
“The same kitchen table where he must have blown out so many cakefuls of birthday candles over the years.”
“One day, I hope to add another zero to the same old one, as I blow out a cakeful of candles – a faceful of smiles on my wrinkled pate.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

Learn this word in context

See cakeful used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course