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carcake

carcake noun: a traditional Scottish delicacy, a sort of cake made from the milk of a newly-calved cow mixed with oatmeal, associated with Shrove Tuesday.

Noun

carcake (plural carcakes)

  1. A traditional Scottish delicacy, a sort of cake made from the milk of a newly-calved cow mixed with oatmeal, associated with Shrove Tuesday.

Forms of carcake

pluralcarcakes
alternative formcarecake
alternative Scotlandcaarcake
alternative Scotlandkercaik
alternative Scotlandcar-cake

Origin of carcake

From care + cake. Compare Scots caurcake, kercake.

Questions about carcake

What does carcake mean?
Carcake means a traditional Scottish delicacy, a sort of cake made from the milk of a newly-calved cow mixed with oatmeal, associated with Shrove Tuesday.
What part of speech is carcake?
Carcake is a noun.
What is the plural of carcake?
The plural of carcake is carcakes.

Words near carcake in the dictionary

  1. carbyniums
  2. carcade
  3. carcades
  4. carcajou
  5. carcajous
  6. carcake
  7. carcakes
  8. Carcalgong
  9. Carcamo
  10. Carcamos
  11. carcanet

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