I. ˈkāk noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kaka; akin to Old High German kuocho cake
Date: 13th century
1.
a. : a breadlike food made from a dough or batter that is usually fried or baked in small flat shapes and is often unleavened
b. : a sweet baked food made from a dough or thick batter usually containing flour and sugar and often shortening, eggs, and a raising agent (as baking powder)
c. : a flattened usually round mass of food that is baked or fried
a fish cake
2.
a. : a block of compacted or congealed matter
a cake of ice
b. : a hard or brittle layer or deposit
3. : something easily done
after so much studying, the test was cake
• cak·ey ˈkā-kē adjective
II. verb
( caked ; cak·ing )
Date: 1607
transitive verb
1. : encrust
caked with dust
2. : to fill (a space) with a packed mass
intransitive verb
: to form or harden into a mass