LookItUpcake
Meaning in simple English
US /keɪk/
cake means: A sweet food baked from ingredients such as flour, eggs, and sugar, often served at celebrations.
noun
A sweet food baked from ingredients such as flour, eggs, and sugar, often served at celebrations.
- I made a chocolate cake.
- We shared two slices of cake.
- Who baked the birthday cake?
In “a piece of cake,” something that is very easy to do.
- The test was a piece of cake.
- Fixing this bike will be a piece of cake.
- Was the interview a piece of cake?
A small, usually round, flat piece of food made by pressing ingredients together.
- She ate a rice cake.
- The fish cakes came with salad.
- Press the potato mixture into small cakes.
A flat, round food made by cooking a liquid mixture of flour and other ingredients in a pan.
- He served a hot buckwheat cake.
- We ate cakes with butter and syrup.
- Turn each cake when bubbles appear.
A solid piece of a substance, such as soap or ice.
- He bought a cake of soap.
- Cakes of ice floated down the river.
- She wrapped each cake of soap in paper.
A small piece of baked bread, often flat and made without ingredients that help it rise.
- She baked a small oatmeal cake.
- They shared cakes of unleavened bread.
- A warm cake lay beside the hearth.
verb
To cover something with a thick layer of material that becomes dry or hard.
- Dried mud can cake your boots.
- Blood had caked his sleeve.
- Dust cakes the windows during the dry season.
Learn cake while you read
LookItUp shows the meaning that fits your sentence, in your language, and turns new words into quick practice cards.
Coming soon on the App Store LookItUp app for iPhone and iPadPhrases with cake
- cake walk
- cake up
- cake and wine