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mothering-cake

mothering-cake noun: a simnel cake; one of various dessert cakes eaten on Mothering Sunday.

mothering-cake: a simnel cake; one of various dessert cakes eaten on Mothering Sunday
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Noun

mothering-cake (plural mothering-cakes)

  1. (UK) A simnel cake; one of various dessert cakes eaten on Mothering Sunday.

Forms of mothering-cake

pluralmothering-cakes

Questions about mothering-cake

What does mothering-cake mean?
Mothering-cake means a simnel cake; one of various dessert cakes eaten on Mothering Sunday.
What part of speech is mothering-cake?
Mothering-cake is a noun.
What is the plural of mothering-cake?
The plural of mothering-cake is mothering-cakes.

Words near mothering-cake in the dictionary

  1. motheriness
  2. mothering
  3. Mothering Day
  4. Mothering Sunday
  5. mothering up
  6. mothering-cake
  7. mothering-cakes
  8. motheringly
  9. motherings
  10. motherish
  11. motherism

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