1. noun /keɪk/
a) 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.
A cake of soap.
2. verb /keɪk/
His shoes are caked with mud.
3. adverb /keɪk/
up .]]
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