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31cake — {{11}}cake (n.) early 13c., from O.N. kaka cake, from W.Gmc. *kokon (Cf. M.Du. koke, Du. koek, O.H.G. huohho, Ger. Kuchen), from PIE root *gag , *gog something round, lump of something. Not related to L. coquere to cook, as formerly supposed.… …
32Cake — This is a metonymic occupational name for a maker of a particular type of cake. The name derives from the medieval English kake or cake meaning a small oval shaped flattened bread usually baked hard on both sides by being turned in the process.… …
33cake*/*/ — [keɪk] noun 1) [C/U] a sweet food made by baking a mixture of sugar, eggs, flour, and butter or oil a chocolate cake[/ex] She was making a cake for Peter s birthday.[/ex] 2) [C] a small amount of food formed into a flat round shape and cooked… …
34cake — 1. торт; кекс; пирог sponge cake бисквит, бисквитный торт, бисквитное пирожное chiffon cake кекс из взбитого теста на растительном масле Dundee cake кекс с изюмом, цукатами, орехами и пряностями yellow cake бисквитный кекс на яйцах или яичном… …
35cake — n. & v. n. 1 a a mixture of flour, butter, eggs, sugar, etc., baked in the oven. b a quantity of this baked in a flat round or ornamental shape and often iced and decorated. 2 a other food in a flat round shape (fish cake). b = cattle cake. 3 a… …
36cake — 1. noun 1) cakes from the bakery Syn: cupcake, sponge cake, angel food cake, layer cake, fruitcake, gingerbread, shortcake 2) a cake of soap Syn: bar, block, brick, slab, table …
37cake — [[t]keɪk[/t]] n. v. caked, cak•ing 1) coo a sweet, baked, breadlike food, usu. containing flour, sugar, eggs, and flavoring and often shortening and baking powder or soda 2) coo a flat, thin mass of bread, esp. unleavened bread 3) coo a pancake;… …
38cake — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kaka; akin to Old High German kuocho cake Date: 13th century 1. a. a breadlike food made from a dough or batter that is usually fried or baked in small flat shapes and is often unleavened b. a… …
39cake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. harden; consolidate, cohere; thicken, congeal, condense. See coherence. n. mass, brick, block, floe; torte. See density, food. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A flattish, compact mass] Syn. cube, bar, block …
40cake — noun 1》 an item of soft sweet food made from baking a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar, etc. 2》 an item of savoury food formed into a flat round shape, and baked or fried. ↘a flattish compact mass of something: a cake of soap. 3》 the amount …
