cakes
/keɪks/
NOUN
1. Sweet baked dessert foods
Rich, sweet foods typically made from flour, sugar, and eggs, baked in an oven, and often covered with icing.
1.1. Sweet baked desserts
Sweet baked foods served as desserts or treats, commonly made with flour, sugar, eggs, and other ingredients.
Synonyms
Examples
- She baked several cakes for the charity bake sale.
- The bakery displayed its freshly decorated cakes in the window.
Related Words
- cream puffs
- pastries
- confections
- cupcakes
- fruitcakes
NOUN
2. Small masses of baked dough
Small masses of baked dough, especially thin loaves made from unleavened dough.
2.1. Small baked or fried dough foods
Small portions of dough or batter prepared as flat or compact foods, often cooked on a griddle or in a pan.
Synonyms
Examples
- The kitchen prepared several savory cakes for breakfast.
- The children enjoyed freshly cooked cakes with syrup.
Related Words
- fritters
- croquettes
- cutlets
- waffles
- blini
NOUN
3. Blocks or compact masses of material
Solid, compact masses or blocks of various dense substances.
3.1. Solid blocks or compact masses
Dense substances formed or pressed into solid, compact shapes such as blocks, slabs, or lumps.
Synonyms
- blocks
- bricks
- lumps
- slabs
- tablets
Examples
- The factory produced cakes of compressed soap.
- The material was processed into solid cakes for storage.
Related Words
NOUN
4. Very easy tasks or undertakings
Tasks or responsibilities that are extremely easy to accomplish, as expressed in the idiom 'pieces of cake'.
4.1. Something very easy to accomplish
Tasks or activities that require very little effort, skill, or difficulty.
Synonyms
- cakewalks
- cinches
- breezes
- snaps
- no-brainers
- pushovers
- duck soup
- pieces of cake
- walks in the park
Antonyms
Examples
- The experienced technicians considered the routine repairs to be cakes.
- Compared with the previous assignments, these tasks were absolute cakes.
Related Words
VERB
5. Coats or covers something with a crust
Third-person singular present tense of cake; to cover something with a crust or layer of solid material.
5.1. Covering with a crust or coating
Applying or forming a thick layer of solid material over a surface.
Synonyms
Examples
- The dried mud cakes the underside of the vehicle.
- Salt cakes the surface of the rocks near the shore.
Related Words
- crusts
- spreads
- hardens
- sticks
VERB
6. Forms into a compact mass
Third-person singular present tense of cake; to form or become a compact, solid mass.
6.1. Hardening or coagulating into a mass
A substance gathers, thickens, or hardens into a compact mass or solid form.
Synonyms
- coagulates
- congeals
- hardens
Examples
- The wet powder cakes when exposed to moisture.
- The mixture cakes into a solid mass as it dries.
Related Words
- crusts
- clots
- solidifies
- compacts