cakes

We have found lemma(root) word of cakes : cake.

Definitions


[keɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an item of soft sweet food made from a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar, and other ingredients, baked and sometimes iced or decorated
(e.g: a delicious cake smothered with whipped cream)

- an item of savoury food formed into a flat round shape, and typically baked or fried
(e.g: a starter of goat's cheese and potato cakes)


Phrases:
- cakes and ale
- you can't have your cake and eat it too

Origin:
Middle English (denoting a small flat bread roll): of Scandinavian origin; related to Swedish kaka and Danish kage


[keɪk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a thick or sticky substance that hardens when dry) cover and become encrusted on (the surface of an object)
(e.g: his clothes were caked in mud)


Phrases:
- cakes and ale
- you can't have your cake and eat it too

Origin:
Middle English (denoting a small flat bread roll): of Scandinavian origin; related to Swedish kaka and Danish kage




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