wedding cake


noun
  1. a white cake, traditionally in tiered layers, covered with white icing and decorated.

  2. (in England) a fruit cake, similar in appearance.

Origin of wedding cake

1
First recorded in 1640–50

Other definitions for wedding-cake (2 of 2)

wedding-cake
[ wed-ing-keyk ]

adjective
  1. highly ornate or overly elaborate: wedding-cake architecture.

Origin of wedding-cake

2
First recorded in 1875–80

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How to use wedding cake in a sentence

  • Marriage ought to have some frosting besides what's on the wedding cake.

    The Opened Shutters | Clara Louise Burnham
  • I am rather afraid to promise for fear you should choose something unlikely—a wedding-cake for instance.

  • A wedding-cake costs a good deal to begin with; it is not particularly wholesome food.

  • So, with another sharp look round the room, he went out at the door; followed by Caleb with the wedding-cake on his head.

    The Cricket on the Hearth | Charles Dickens
  • As soon as the ceremony was over, the bridegroom was whisked away, to be followed by the bride when she had cut the wedding cake.

    Glory of Youth | Temple Bailey

British Dictionary definitions for wedding cake

wedding cake

noun
  1. a rich fruit cake, with one, two, or more tiers, covered with almond paste and decorated with royal icing, which is served at a wedding reception

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