The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
press|cake — «PREHS KAYK», noun. a cake of compressed material: »Low cost protein foods have been developed from such indigenous resources as oilseed meals and presscakes (Rose and Sherman) … Useful english dictionary
Press cake — Oil cake redirects here. For cake made with oil instead of butter, see chiffon cake. Apple pomace … Wikipedia
press cake — noun : a cake of compressed substance: as a. : a filter cake formed in a filter press (as in the manufacture of cane sugar) b. : an oil cake obtained by expression … Useful english dictionary
press cake — residue left over from the pressing stage in making fish meal and oil from fatty fish. It comprises 55 60% water and 4 5% oil. Usually dried and ground to make meal. The watery liquid from the pressing stage is called press liquor … Dictionary of ichthyology
press liquor — watery liquid pressed out from cooked fish comprising dissolved solids, solids in suspension, oil and water. The oil is separated with a centrifuge, the solid matter is press cake and the watery part remaining is called stick water … Dictionary of ichthyology
press wax — noun : the press cake from honeycombs after removal of the molten beeswax by filtration … Useful english dictionary
press something on somebody — ˈpress sth on sb derived to try to make sb accept sth, especially food or drink, although they may not want it • She kept pressing cake on us. Main entry: ↑pressderived … Useful english dictionary
Cake — For other uses, see Cake (disambiguation). A layered pound cake filled with raspberry jam and lemon curd, and finished with buttercream frosting Cake is a form of bread or bread like food. In its modern forms, it is typically a … Wikipedia
press — [[t]pre̱s[/t]] ♦ presses, pressing, pressed 1) VERB If you press something somewhere, you push it firmly against something else. [V n against n] He pressed his back against the door... [V n prep] They pressed the silver knife into the cake. 2) … English dictionary
cake puller — noun : a worker who pulls pressed cottonseed cakes from the press and trucks them to a cake stripper called also knocker … Useful english dictionary
