cake
[ keyk ]
/ keɪk /
noun
verb (used with object), caked, cak·ing.
to form into a crust or compact mass.
verb (used without object), caked, cak·ing.
to become formed into a crust or compact mass.
Idioms for cake
- to surpass all others, especially in some undesirable quality; be extraordinary or unusual: His arrogance takes the cake.
- to win first prize.
a piece of cake, Informal.
something easily done: She thought her first solo flight was a piece of cake.
take the cake, Informal.
Origin of cake
1200–50; Middle English < Old Norse
kaka; akin to Middle English
kechel little cake, German
Kuchen; see
cookie
OTHER WORDS FROM cake
cak·y, cak·ey, adjective non·cak·ing, adjective, noun un·cake, verb (used with object), un·caked, un·cak·ing.Words nearby cake
cajeputol,
cajole,
cajolery,
cajun,
cajuput,
cake,
cake eater,
cake flour,
cake kidney,
cake makeup,
caked breast
British Dictionary definitions for piece of cake
cake
/ (keɪk) /
noun
verb
(tr)
to cover with a hard layer; encrust
the hull was caked with salt
to form or be formed into a hardened mass
Derived forms of cake
cakey or caky, adjectiveWord Origin for cake
C13: from Old Norse
kaka; related to Danish
kage, German
Kuchen
Idioms and Phrases with piece of cake (1 of 2)
piece of cake
Something easily accomplished, as in I had no trouble finding your house—a piece of cake. This expression originated in the Royal Air Force in the late 1930s for an easy mission, and the precise reference is as mysterious as that of the simile easy as pie. Possibly it evokes the easy accomplishment of swallowing a slice of sweet dessert.
Idioms and Phrases with piece of cake (2 of 2)
cake
see eat one's cake and have it, too; flat as a pancake; icing on the cake; nutty as a fruitcake; piece of cake; sell like hot cakes; slice of the pie (cake); take the cake.