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English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
English cake
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cake — caky, cakey, adj. /kayk/, n., v., caked, caking. n. 1. a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring. 2. a flat, thin mass of bread, esp.… … Universalium
English modal verb — English grammar series English grammar Contraction Disputes in English grammar English compound English honorifics English personal pronouns English plural English relative clauses English verbs English irregular verbs English moda … Wikipedia
Cake decorating — is one of the sugar arts that uses icing and other edible decorative elements to make otherwise plain cakes more visually interesting. Alternatively, cakes can be molded and sculpted to resemble three dimensional persons, places and things. In… … Wikipedia
cake´walk´er — cake|walk «KAYK WK», noun, verb. –n. 1. a dance with prancing high steps that developed from an earlier march or promenade for couples. Dancers used to compete to see who could do the best or most original steps. The winner got a cake. »...… … Useful english dictionary
cake|walk — «KAYK WK», noun, verb. –n. 1. a dance with prancing high steps that developed from an earlier march or promenade for couples. Dancers used to compete to see who could do the best or most original steps. The winner got a cake. »... summoning up… … Useful english dictionary
English cuisine — This article is part of a series on British cuisine … Wikipedia
cake — /keɪk / (say kayk) noun 1. a sweet baked food in loaf or layer form, made with or without shortening, usually with flour, sugar, eggs, flavouring, and a liquid. 2. a flat, thin mass of bread, especially unleavened bread. 3. a shaped or moulded… …
cake — {{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.… … Etymology dictionary
Cake shop — A cake shop is a retail business specialising in cakes. It is the English culture equivalent to a pâtisserie.A cake shops may also sell equipment and supplies for home cake baking, especially for cake decorating, but not all do this. Another… … Wikipedia
Cake — 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.… … Surnames reference
