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cake

1. cake \'ka-k\ n [ME, fr. ON kaka; akin to OHG kuocho cake] 1a: any of 
   numerous breads usu. small in size and round and flat in shape  1b: any of 
   numerous fancy sweetened breads often coated with an icing  1c: a flattened 
   usu. round mass of food baked or fried  2a: a block of compacted or 
   congealed matter {~ of ice}  2b: a hard or brittle layer or deposit : CRUST 
2. cake vt 1: ENCRUST  2: to fill (a space) with a packed mass  : to form 
   or harden into a mass