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   cake

   /keɪk/

   noun

   • 1. an item of soft sweet food made from a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar, and other ingredients, baked and sometimes iced or decorated: "a delicious cake smothered with whipped cream" Similar gateaukuchen
   • ▪ the amount of money or assets available to be divided up or shared: British "you have not received a fair slice of the education cake"
   • 2. an item of savoury food formed into a flat round shape, and typically baked or fried: "a starter of goat's cheese and potato cakes"
   • ▪ a flattish compact mass of something, especially soap: "a cake of soap" Similar bartabletblockslablumpcubeloafchunkbrickpiece

   verb

   • 1. (of a thick or sticky substance that hardens when dry) cover and become encrusted on (the surface of an object): "his clothes were caked in mud" Similar covercoatencrustplasterspread thicklysmother
   • ▪ (of a thick or sticky substance) dry or harden into a solid mass: "the blood under his nose was beginning to cake" Similar clotcongealcoagulatethickensolidifyhardensetdryrare:inspissateOpposite liquefy

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting a small flat bread roll): of Scandinavian origin; related to Swedish kaka and Danish kage.

   Derivatives

   • 1. cakey adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

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