Cake meaning in English

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Definition

a (birthday) cake: a dessert usually made from eggs, flour, butter and sugar (eaten at birthdays and weddings) noun

Examples

  • "Candles (I have some, but mine will never fit on a cake)"
  • "It is my birthday cake."
  • ""Baby Cakes", "Doll Cakes", "Honey Cakes" and other "cake" variants"
  • "As Luna is allergic to coconut, there will be one extra slice of cake."
  • "1. Cake 2."
  • "Hannah : Well, can I have some cake?"
  • "Sugar-free cookies (for those of us who cannot eat chocolate cake)"
  • "You look like you eat too much cake already."
  • "Polly : Uhh, I think if we just have some cake and a song, that should be enough."
  • "Horatio : These are twisted salt cakes, but people call them "pretzels"."
  • "Sugar-free cookies (for those of us who cannot allow ourselves to indulge in the sin of chocolate cake)"
  • "No cake for you."
  • "Bob : How did you know I love chocolate cakes?"
  • "Cake (with the inscription: "Happy Birthday Bob")"
  • "When I showed that draft to Bruno, he didn't even want to allow the cake."
  • "When I showed that draft to Bruno, he was reluctant to even allow the cake."
  • "Bob : Maybe I should grab another slice of cake."
Exercise 1
Choose the TRUE statements from the list below.

There may be more than 1!
Choose the TRUE statements from the list below.

There may be more than 1!
This is correct. Jean tells Brian and Hannah that they cannot order at the table where they are sitting. Jean says "You see you are two, the table is for four." This means that the table seats four people and Jean wants them to move to a smaller table (that seats 2 people).
This is correct. Hannah says, "can I have some cake?" This means she is ordering cake. Jean replies, "You look like you eat too much cake already." In other words, he is refusing Hannah any cake because he thinks that she is fat.
This is incorrect. Jean does not say that he is having trouble hearing, although he does accuse Brian of being "deaf". When Jean insults Brian, Brian replies "Sorry, I don't think I heard you clearly".
This is correct. Brian says to Jean, "I just want a cup of camomile tea." Camomile tea is a form of herbal tea: an infusion or tisane of herbs or flowers and water to make a kind of tea. "Camomile" (or "chamomile") is a type of herb that is used medicinally for digestive or colon problems (irritable bowel syndrome), or to aid sleep.

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