cake

cake
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 sweet baked food made from a dough or thick batter usually containing flour and sugar and often shortening, eggs, and a raising agent (as baking powder) c. a flattened usually round mass of food that is baked or fried <
a fish cake
> 2. a. a block of compacted or congealed matter <
a cake of ice
> b. a hard or brittle layer or deposit 3. something easily done <
after so much studying, the test was cake
> • cakey adjective II. verb (caked; caking) Date: 1607 transitive verb 1. encrust <
caked with dust
> 2. to fill (a space) with a packed mass intransitive verb to form or harden into a mass

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