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simnel cake

simnel cake noun: a rich fruit cake, with a decorated marzipan covering, traditionally eaten on Simnel Sunday or Easter.

simnel cake: a rich fruit cake, with a decorated marzipan covering, traditionally eaten on Simnel Sunday or...
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Noun

simnel cake (countable and uncountable, plural simnel cakes)

  1. A rich fruit cake, with a decorated marzipan covering, traditionally eaten on Simnel Sunday or Easter.
    Synonyms:
    simlin, simnel

Synonyms of simnel cake

Forms of simnel cake

pluralsimnel cakes

Origin of simnel cake

From Middle English simenel (also simle), from Old French simenel (“fine wheat flour; flat bread cake, Lenten cake”), probably by dissimilation from Vulgar Latin *siminellus, a diminutive of Latin simila (“fine flour”) (see semolina). Compare also Middle Dutch semel, Middle Low German semele.

Words formed from simnel cake

Questions about simnel cake

What does simnel cake mean?
Simnel cake means a rich fruit cake, with a decorated marzipan covering, traditionally eaten on Simnel Sunday or Easter.
What part of speech is simnel cake?
Simnel cake is a noun.
What is the plural of simnel cake?
The plural of simnel cake is simnel cakes.

Words near simnel cake in the dictionary

  1. Simmons-Smith reactions
  2. simmonsite
  3. Simms
  4. Simnas
  5. simnel
  6. simnel cake
  7. simnel cakes
  8. Simnel Sunday
  9. simnels
  10. Simnett
  11. Simo

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