noun, verb, caked, cak⋅ing.| 1. | a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring. |
| 2. | a flat, thin mass of bread, esp. unleavened bread. |
| 3. | pancake; griddlecake. |
| 4. | a shaped or molded mass of other food: a fish cake. |
| 5. | a shaped or compressed mass: a cake of soap; a cake of ice. |
| 6. | Animal Husbandry. a compacted block of soybeans, cottonseeds, or linseeds from which the oil has been pressed, usually used as a feed or feed supplement for cattle. |
| 7. | to form into a crust or compact mass. |
| 8. | to become formed into a crust or compact mass. |
| 9. | a piece of cake, Informal. something easily done: She thought her first solo flight was a piece of cake. |
| 10. | take the cake, Informal.
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