Word of the Day: Cake
A cake is a type of desert that is made with flour, butter, sugar, and eggs. It’s usually baked and topped with a sugary frosting.
There are many different kinds of cakes. Here are some examples:
- A birthday cake is served during a birthday celebration.
- People eat slices of cake from a wedding cake at a wedding.
- A fruit cake contains dried fruit, and it is very heavy.
- A carrot cake is made partially with carrots.
- Chocolate cake has a chocolate flavored sponge and chocolate frosting. (The sponge is the inside of the cake.)
- An ice cream cake is made almost entirely from ice cream.
- People eat pancakes with syrup for breakfast.
The word “cake” can be used as a verb when there is a thick layer of material that builds up on a surface. (build up = increase in thickness)
- Andrea’s eye lashes were caked with mascara.
- The face of the clown was caked with white make up.
- Mud cakes on to the tires and the wheel wells of a car when driving through a wet field.
- My shoes were caked with mud following a hiking trip.
There are some expressions that include the word “cake.”
- That takes the cake. (That is a bad situation.)
- This is a piece of cake. (This is easy.)
- You can’t have your cake and eat it, too. (You can’t have everything that you want.)
- He’s a fruitcake. (I doubt his mental stability or his judgment.)
- This is the frosting on the cake. (This is the best part of a good situation.)
- These are selling like hot cakes. (These things are selling very fast.)
Essential English Dictionary
Visit the Popular English Words Beginning with C page to see the list of all words starting with letter C. For seeing the HiCafe dictionary, visit the Popular English Words with Meaning page.
