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noun

ˈkāk How to pronounce cake (audio)
Definition of cakenext
1
as in patty
a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried the rich, tender cakes of crabmeat had been lightly fried

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2
as in picnic
something easily done or dealt with today's assignment is cake compared to yesterday's

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cake

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verb

as in to smear
to cover with a hardened layer shoes caked with dried mud

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Recent Examples of cake
Noun
Twenty years later, the cake remains a favorite — and it’s being offered for $20 as part of the anniversary celebration through the end of October. — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026 In a secluded bubble away from the city, Stephen Miller’s wife treats Washington’s most powerful to custom cakes, live donkeys, and sake-squirting hibachi chefs. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
Vehicles were buried, and some stunned survivors were caked in mud. — Shristi Kafle, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 Debris hung from tree branches and wires, vehicles were buried and some stunned survivors were caked in mud. — Niranjan Shrestha, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cake
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cake
  1. patty
  2. picnic
  3. smear
  4. breeze
  5. coat
  6. crust
  7. rime
  8. cover
Noun
  • Burgers develop a deeper crust on leaner patties, especially when cooked on a griddle or in a skillet.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Popular dishes besides their poke bowls include the loco moco, a hamburger patty topped with a sunnyside up egg; and pork lau lau, a pork and fish dish.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of patty
Noun
  • The park’s new features include a plaza, picnic pavilion, a BMX skills course spanning 10,000 to 14,000 square feet for all ages, redesigned playground and splash pad.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Levon, the local sheriff, wants Pamela to bowl and go to town picnics, but Pamela can’t move forward — especially since Jason’s body was never retrieved after his drowning.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of picnic
Verb
  • Add the brown sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla, salt, baking powder and baking soda to the bowl and use a rubber spatula to press and smear the ingredients until no chunks of butter remain.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Following Tuesday’s baseline dust-up after a foul on Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson confronted a fan, leading Cloud to take to Threads and smear both the Indiana Fever organization and the spectator.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of smear
Noun
  • Our sunny afternoon lunch featured fresh seafood and bright, flavorful pasta, paired with a crisp white wine from the hotel’s winery and a late-summer breeze shaking the trees overhead.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The breeze will start to build in, and high temperatures will rise into the mid- to upper 80s on Saturday and Sunday.
    — Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of breeze
Verb
  • This denim is highly ornamented, coated, dyed, or otherwise creatively embellished.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers then installed the electrodes and coated the structure with sputtered gold.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of coat
Verb
  • Minimize direct exposure while your skin is red, peeling, swollen, crusted, or otherwise healing.
    — Malana VanTyler, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Gardeners will do well to remember that soil crusting is an indicator that soil structure is struggling.
    — Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of crust
Verb
  • Some types of snow Brunning identified were column, plane, rimed, germs, irregularities, as well as combinations of all of those elements.
    — Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Jan. 2026
Definition of rime
Verb
  • Today, Flex is largely viewed as a traditional manufacturing company, sometimes covered by industrials analysts rather than technology analysts.
    — Paul Meeks, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Alongside these are conventional effects plugins covering reverb, delay, chorus, compression, EQ, distortion/saturation, and pitch shifting.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of cover

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“Cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cake. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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