noun / verb
cake
KAYK/keɪk/
A compact, formed mass of material.
A slice removed from the frosted cake reveals its soft layers.
Etymology
Old Norse kaka meant “cake,” but early English cake referred to a flat or thin mass of baked dough. The meaning later expanded to lighter mixtures containing sugar and butter, leading toward the familiar sweet food.
In context
sugar, flour, and crystallized fruit, which were shipped across the world to the Mcvitis factory to be transformed into the most enormous cake.
More examples
- She shaped the mixture into small fish cakes.
- Dried mud caked his boots after the walk.
- The soap came in a compact cake wrapped in paper.
Forms
cake · cakes · caked · caking
Similar words
- block
- A solid formed mass, while cake also commonly names a baked dessert.