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cakiness

cakiness noun: the quality of being caky.

Noun

cakiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being caky.
    • So recently, when a ginger muffin craving hit, I decided to see if I could increase the textural contrast without sacrificing the cakiness.2008 April 16, Melissa Clark, “Spicy Little Cakes Disguised as Muffins”, in New York Times

Origin of cakiness

From caky + -ness.

Questions about cakiness

What does cakiness mean?
Cakiness means the quality of being caky.
What part of speech is cakiness?
Cakiness is a noun.

Words near cakiness in the dictionary

  1. cakewomen
  2. cakey
  3. cakier
  4. cakiest
  5. cakily
  6. cakiness
  7. caking
  8. caking coal
  9. caking up
  10. cakings
  11. cakra

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