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ash cake

ash cake noun: a bread (cake), usually specifically of cornmeal (thus, a cornbread), baked in hot ashes.

Noun

ash cake (countable and uncountable, plural ash cakes)

  1. A bread (cake), usually specifically of cornmeal (thus, a cornbread), baked in hot ashes.

Forms of ash cake

pluralash cakes

Origin of ash cake

From ash + cake.

Questions about ash cake

What does ash cake mean?
Ash cake means a bread (cake), usually specifically of cornmeal (thus, a cornbread), baked in hot ashes.
What part of speech is ash cake?
Ash cake is a noun.
What is the plural of ash cake?
The plural of ash cake is ash cakes.

Words near ash cake in the dictionary

  1. ash blonds
  2. ash borer
  3. ash borers
  4. ash bread
  5. ash breads
  6. ash cake
  7. ash cakes
  8. ash cash
  9. ash dieback
  10. ash field
  11. Ash Flat

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