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caked

/keɪkt/

Meanings
  • a state where food, typically baked goods, is stuck together in clumps or layers

    - "The cake was so caked that we had to use a fork to cut through it."
    - "After several days, the leftover lasagna became so caked that it was difficult to reheat."

Pronunciation
  1. /keɪkt/



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Synonyms

crust , encrust , kicked
Rhymes
Words rhyming with caked
baked , faked , maked , plaked , raked , shaked , spaked , staked , taked , waked
Variants
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cake , caked , cakes , caking
Etymology
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The word 'caked' is believed to have originated from the Old English word 'cocan', which means 'to stick together'. The word 'caked' is often used to describe food that has stuck together in clumps or layers.


Culture
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The term 'caked' is often used in literature, art, and music to describe a state of being stuck together or layered. For example, in the poem 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' by T.S. Eliot, the speaker describes himself as being 'caked' with dust and the passage of time. In another example, in the painting 'The Persistence of Memory' by Salvador Dalí, the melting clocks are described as being 'caked' with dripping wax.

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