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cakenoun

uk ​ /keɪk/ us ​ /keɪk/

cake noun (FOOD)

A1 [ C or U ] a sweet food made with a mixture of flour, eggs, fat, and sugar:

Would you like a piece of/a slice of/some cake?
chocolate/sponge cake
a birthday/Christmas cake
cream cakes
He made/baked a delicious cake.
See also
oatcake
pancake

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Idiom(s)

have your cake and eat it (too)
the slice/share of the cake

cakeverb [ T usually passive ]

uk ​ /keɪk/ us ​ /keɪk/

(Definition of “cake” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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cakenoun

us ​ /keɪk/

cake noun (FOOD)

› [ C/U ] a sweet food made from flour, eggs, fat, and sugar mixed together and baked:

[ C ] a chocolate cake

cake noun (SHAPE)

› [ C ] a small, flat object made by pressing together a soft substance:

a cake of soap

(Definition of “cake” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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