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Definition cake in American English

cake noun

noun
/keɪk/
1

a sweet food made by baking a mixture that usually contains sugar, eggs, flour, and butter or oil

Example

a chocolate cake

Example

a birthday/wedding/Christmas cake

Example

Would you like a slice of cake?

Example

She was making a cake for Peter's birthday.

2

a small amount of food formed into a flat round shape and cooked

Example

rice/potato cakes

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3

a small hard block of something, especially soap

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Definition cake in American English