cake

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q13276}}A [[rich]], [[sweet]] dessert [[food]], typically made of [[flour]], [[sugar]]{{,}} and [[eggs]] and baked in an [[oven]], and often covered in [[icing]].<!--encyclopedic info, and definitions of other words! A [[gâteau]] or sponge cake includes a chemical leavening agent (e.g. baking powder), making it light and airy. The denser [[torte]] omits the leavening agent, and uses less flour and more eggs.-->
2. A small mass of baked [[dough]], especially a thin [[loaf]] from [[unleavened]] dough.
3. A thin [[wafer]]-shaped mass of fried [[batter]]; a [[griddlecake]] or [[pancake]].
4. A [[block]] of any various [[dense]] materials.
5. {{lb|en|slang}} {{ellipsis of|en|piece of cake}}: a [[trivial]]ly easy [[task]] or [[responsibility]].
6. {{lb|en|slang}} {{synonym of|en|money}}.
7. {{ellipsis of|en|have one's cake and eat it too}}.
8. {{lb|en|slang}} {{synonym of|en|buttock|buttocks}}{{ngd|, especially a pair that are exceptionally [[plump]] or [[full]].}}
9. {{lb|en|pyrotechnics}} A [[multishot]] [[fireworks]] [[assembly]] comprising several [[tube]]s, each with a fireworks [[effect]], lit by a single [[fuse]].
10. {{lb|en|UK|figurative}} {{synonym of|en|pie}}{{ngd|, the [[whole]] of a [[wealth]] or [[resource]], to be [[divided]] into [[part]]s.}}
11. {{lb|en|UK|slang|obsolete}} A [[foolish]] person.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} [[coat|Coat]] (something) with a [[crust]] of solid material.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To form into a cake, or mass.
3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} Of blood or other liquid, to dry out and become hard.

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