cake

CEFRA1

/keɪk/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A sweet baked food made from flour, eggs, and sugar.

  2. 02

    verb

    To cover something with a thick, hard layer.

Examples

  • Butter and line a 25 cm cake tin.

  • Can you imagine me making a cake?

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈk̟ʰeɪ̯k̚]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.

  2. A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.

  3. A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.

More examples

In context

  • Your cake is delicious.

  • a johnnycake

  • an oatmeal cake

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English cake, from Old Norse kaka (“cake”) (compare Norwegian kake, Icelandic/Swedish kaka, Danish kage), from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ, of disputed origin. Likely a distant cognate with kaak. Perhaps related to cookie, kuchen, and quiche. Doublet of coca (pastry).