{
    "term": "cake",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a sweet food made from a mixture of flour, eggs, butter, sugar, etc. that is baked in an oven. Cakes are made in various shapes and sizes and are often decorated, for example with cream or icing.",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **piece/slice of cake**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **make/bake a cake**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **chocolate cake**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **birthday cake**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cake tin *(= for cooking a cake in)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cake pan"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a plate of cream cakes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's carrot cake for dessert."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a box of cake mix"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everyone cheered as the bride and groom cut the cake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He cut her a slice of cake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I blew out the candles on my birthday cake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Pour the cake mixture into a greased and lined tin."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She brushed some cake crumbs off her lap."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Spread the cake with the butter cream."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["home-made", "moist", "rich"],
                "… of cake": ["piece", "slice"],
                "verb + cake": ["eat", "have", "bake"],
                "cake + noun": ["crumbs", "recipe", "mix"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a food mixture that is cooked in a round, flat shape",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "potato cakes"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be bought quickly or in great numbers",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have the advantages of something without its disadvantages; to have both things that are available",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "something extra and not essential that is added to an already good situation or experience and that makes it even better",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It’s an added bonus—the icing on the cake."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a thing that is very easy to do",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a share of the available money or benefits that you believe you have a right to",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Scotland is demanding a larger slice of the national cake."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be the most surprising, annoying, etc. thing that has happened or that somebody has done",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/keɪk/",
                "audio": "ca/cake/cake__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/keɪk/",
                "audio": "ca/cake/cake__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (denoting a small flat bread roll): of Scandinavian origin; related to Swedish kaka and Danish kage."
}