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coffee cake

coffee cake noun: any cake flavored with coffee.

Noun

coffee cake (countable and uncountable, plural coffee cakes)

  1. Any cake flavored with coffee.
  2. Any cake meant to be eaten with coffee; often a babka or a streusel-topped cake (crumb cake).

Forms of coffee cake

pluralcoffee cakes
alternative formcoffeecake

Origin of coffee cake

From coffee + cake.

Questions about coffee cake

What does coffee cake mean?
Coffee cake means any cake flavored with coffee.
What part of speech is coffee cake?
Coffee cake is a noun.
What is the plural of coffee cake?
The plural of coffee cake is coffee cakes.

Words near coffee cake in the dictionary

  1. coffee breaks
  2. coffee bush
  3. coffee bushes
  4. coffee cabinet
  5. coffee cabinets
  6. coffee cake
  7. coffee cakes
  8. Coffee Camp
  9. Coffee Club Island
  10. Coffee County
  11. Coffee Creek

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