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bridecakes

bridecakes is the plural of bridecake.

Meaning of bridecake

Noun

bridecake (countable and uncountable, plural bridecakes)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of wedding cake.
    • This day my Julia thou must make
      For Mistresse Bride, the wedding Cake:
      Knead but the Dow, and it will be
      To paste of Almonds turn’d by thee:
      Or kisse it thou, but once, or twice,
      And for the Bride-Cake ther’l be Spice.1648, Robert Herrick, “The Bride-Cake”, in Hesperides
    Synonyms:
    wedding cake

Questions about bridecakes

What is bridecakes the plural of?
Bridecakes is the plural of bridecake.

Words near bridecakes in the dictionary

  1. bride-wealths
  2. brideangroom
  3. bridebed
  4. bridebeds
  5. bridecake
  6. bridecakes
  7. bridechamber
  8. bridechambers
  9. bridechilla
  10. bridechillas
  11. brided

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