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- [keyk]
- /keɪk/
- /keɪk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [keyk]
- /keɪk/
Definitions of caked word
- adjective caked If something is caked with mud, blood, or dirt, it is covered with a thick dry layer of it. 3
- adjective caked Caked is also a combining form. 3
- noun caked a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring. 1
- noun caked a flat, thin mass of bread, especially unleavened bread. 1
- noun caked pancake; griddlecake. 1
- noun caked a shaped or molded mass of other food: a fish cake. 1
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Origin of caked
First appearance:
before 1200 One of the 9% oldest English words
1200-50; Middle English < Old Norse kaka; akin to Middle English kechel little cake, German Kuchen; see cookie
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Parts of speech for Caked
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
caked popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
caked usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for caked
adj caked
- firm — not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
- compact — Compact things are small or take up very little space. You use this word when you think this is a good quality.
- indurate — to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil.
- set — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- petrified — to convert into stone or a stony substance.
verb caked
- curdle — If milk or eggs curdle or if you curdle them, they separate into different bits.
- thicken — make thicker
- dry — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- stiffen — to make stiff.
- refrigerate — to make or keep cold or cool, as for preservation.
Antonyms for caked
adj caked
- indefinite — not definite; without fixed or specified limit; unlimited: an indefinite number.
- abstract — An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
- intangible — not tangible; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch, as incorporeal or immaterial things; impalpable.
- bending — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- pliable — easily bent; flexible; supple: pliable leather.
verb caked
- liquefy — Make or become liquid.
- soften — to make soft or softer.
- heat — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- melt — to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
- dissolve — to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.