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oil cake

oil cake
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [oil keyk]
    • /ɔɪl keɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [oil keyk]
    • /ɔɪl keɪk/

Definitions of oil cake words

  • noun oil cake a cake or mass of linseed, cottonseed, soybean, or the like, from which the oil has been extracted or expressed, used as food for livestock. 1
  • noun oil cake stock feed consisting of compressed cubes made from the residue of the crushed seeds of oil-bearing crops such as linseed 0
  • noun oil cake a mass of crushed linseed, cottonseed, etc. from which the oil has been extracted, used as livestock feed and as a fertilizer 0

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Origin of oil cake

First appearance:

before 1735
One of the 48% newest English words
First recorded in 1735-45

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Oil cake

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

oil cake popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

oil cake usage trend in Literature

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