cake

English

/keɪk/

noun
Definitions
  • A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
  • A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.
  • A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.
  • A block of any of various dense materials.
  • (slang) A trivially easy task or responsibility; from a piece of cake.
  • (slang) Money.
  • Used to describe the doctrine of have one's cake and eat it having one's cake and eating it too.
  • (slang) A buttock, especially one that is exceptionally plump.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English cake derived from Old Norse kaka (cake) derived from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ (cake) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gog (ball-shaped object, round).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gog

Gloss

ball-shaped object, round

Concept
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Property

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