cake

cake
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noun
ADJECTIVE
home-made
moist, rich, sticky (esp. BrE)

a rich, moist fruit cake

almond, carrot, chocolate, cream (esp. BrE), fruit, lemon, etc.
angel food (AmE), pound (AmE), sponge
layer
birthday, Christmas (esp. BrE), wedding

I blew out the candles on my birthday cake.

… OF CAKE
piece, slice

He cut her a slice of cake.

VERB + CAKE
eat, have
bake, make
decorate, frost (esp. AmE), ice
cut

The bride and groom cut the wedding cake.

CAKE + NOUN
crumbs

She brushed some cake crumbs off her lap.

recipe
mix, mixture (BrE)

a packet of cake mix (BrE)

a box of cake mix (AmE)

Pour the cake mixture into a bowl.

pan (AmE), tin (BrE)
stand
shop (esp. BrE), stall (BrE)
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verb
Cake is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑blood

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  • cake — cake …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • cake — [ kɛk ] n. m. • 1795; mot angl., abrév. de plum cake « gâteau aux raisins secs » 1 ♦ Gâteau garni de raisins secs, de fruits confits. Une tranche de cake. Un moule à cake. Des cakes. 2 ♦ Loc. (1964) En cake, se dit d un cosmétique moulé en pâte… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • cake — [ keık ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount a sweet food made by baking a mixture that usually contains sugar, eggs, flour, and butter or oil: a chocolate cake a birthday/wedding/Christmas cake a piece/slice of cake: Would you like a slice of cake?… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Cake — (k[=a]k), n. [OE. cake, kaak; akin to Dan. kage, Sw. & Icel. kaka, D. koek, G.kuchen, OHG. chuocho.] [1913 Webster] 1. A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cake — ► NOUN 1) an item of soft sweet food made from baking a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, and sugar. 2) a flat, round item of savoury food that is baked or fried. 3) the amount of money available for sharing: a fair slice of the education cake. ► VERB …   English terms dictionary

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  • CAKE — John McCrea 2005 beim Lollapalooza Gründung 1991 Genre Alternative Rock, Post Grunge Website …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Cake — 〈[kɛık] m. 6; schweiz.〉 in einer länglichen Form gebackener Sandkuchen [engl., „Kuchen“] * * * Cake [ke:k , keɪk ], der; s, s [engl. cake = Kuchen] (schweiz.): in länglicher Form gebackene Art Sandkuchen. * * * Cake [ke:k, engl.: keɪk], der; s, s …   Universal-Lexikon

  • cake — cake; no·cake; tharf·cake; pan·cake; …   English syllables

  • Cake — Cake, v. i. To form into a cake, or mass. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cake — [kāk] n. [ME < ON kaka < IE base * gag , *gog , something round, lump of something (orig. < baby talk) > Ger kuchen: not connected with COOK & L coquere] 1. a small, flat mass of dough or batter, or of some hashed food, that is baked… …   English World dictionary

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