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cake smash

cake smash noun: a family event at which an infant or pet is given a cake to demolish.

Noun

cake smash (plural cake smashes)

  1. A family event at which an infant or pet is given a cake to demolish.
    • Stefanie knows that there are thousands of other photographers out there doing newborn shoots, cake smashes, and lovely family photos in autumn leaves.2013, Ahava Leibtag, The Digital Crown: Winning at Content on the Web, page 313
    • IT'S A CRAZY idea that I can only imagine was invented in the US, but now it seems that every man and his dog is organizing a cake smash for his kid's first birthday.2018, Mark Hoyle, Roxanne Hoyle, Ladbaby – Parenting for £1: ...and other baby budget hacks

Forms of cake smash

pluralcake smashes

Questions about cake smash

What does cake smash mean?
Cake smash means a family event at which an infant or pet is given a cake to demolish.
What part of speech is cake smash?
Cake smash is a noun.
What is the plural of cake smash?
The plural of cake smash is cake smashes.

Words near cake smash in the dictionary

  1. cake servers
  2. cake shop
  3. cake shops
  4. cake slice
  5. cake slices
  6. cake smash
  7. cake smashes
  8. cake stand
  9. cake stands
  10. cake tin
  11. cake tins

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