See Also: stopping(medicine)
stopping(1)(dictionary)
stopping(2)(dictionary)
stopping-out(medicine)
heart-stopping(dictionary)
Stopping curve(money)
Stopping curve(finance)
stopping power(medicine)
stopping distance(dictionary)
show-stopping(dictionary)

stopping train (oh) and cake(1) (iou)


stopping train (oh)



n [C]
BrE a train that stops at all stations, not just the main ones

cake(1) (iou)



cake noun. ME.
[Of Scandinavian origin: cf. Icelandic, Swedish kaka, Danish kage, rel. to German Kuchen.]
(A quantity of) bread baked in smallish flattened rounds or Other regular shapes, usu. turned in Baking and so hard on both sides. Now chiefly Hist. ME.
(A quantity of) thin oaten bread. (Cf. oatcake s.v. OAT noun) Scot. & north. LME.
(A quantity of) sweet usu. unleavened bread with Other ingredients besides flour, e.g. currants, spice, butter, eggs, sugar, usu. baked in a round or Other ornamental shape. LME.
birthday cake, chocolate cake, cup-cake, seed-cake, shortcake, sponge-cake, teacake, upside-down cake, etc. cheesecake: see CHEESE noun1. wastel cake: see WASTEL 1.
A flattish compact mass of Other Food or of any compressed substance. LME.
cake of soap, etc. cattle-cake, cotton-cake, fish cake, linseed cake, mint-cake, oilcake, potato cake, etc. beefcake: see BEEF noun.
Phrases: cakes and ale merrymaking, good things. hot cake: see HOT adjective. have one's cake and eat it, eat one's cake and have it enjoy both alternatives. land of cakes (sense 2) Scotland. one's cake is dough: see DOUGH noun. piece of cake colloq. something easy or pleasant. the cake fig. assets etc. to be shared out (slice of the cake, a share in benefits etc.). take the cake: see TAKE verb.
Comb.: cake-bread (now rare) (a) bread of the fine texture of cake; (b) bread made in flattened cakes; cake-house: where cakes are sold; cake-hole slang a person's mouth; cake-mix the prepared ingredients of a cake sold ready for Cooking.
cakelet noun a small cake M19.
caky adjective like (a) cake M16.