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twelfth cake

UK/ˈtwɛlfθ ˌkeɪk/

twelfth cake noun: synonym of king cake.

Noun (1)

twelfth cake (plural twelfth cakes)

  1. Synonym of king cake.
    Synonyms:
    king cake

Noun (2) capitalized: Twelfth cake

Twelfth cake (plural Twelfth cakes)

  1. A decorative cake distributed among friends or visitors on the festival of Twelfth Night (which is either the evening of January 5th or of January 6th, depending on interpretation).
    • Set the cake you intend to Ice in an oven or warm place five minutes, — then spread over the top and sides with the mixture as smooth as possible; — if for a Wedding Cake, only plain ice it; if for a Twelfth Cake, ornament it with Gum Paste, […]1836, William Kitchiner, Cook's Oracle: Containing Receipts for Plain Cookery, Robert Cadell/Whittaker and Co. London/John Cumming (1836), page 363
    • They had holidays, too, and Twelfth cakes, and parties where they danced all night till midnight, and real theatres where they saw palaces of gold and silver rise out of the real earth, and saw all the wonders of the world at once.1853, Charles Dickens, "The Child's Story", in A Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire, Ward, Stringer & Townsend (1853), page 9

Synonyms of twelfth cake

Forms of twelfth cake

pluraltwelfth cakes
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Questions about twelfth cake

What does twelfth cake mean?
Twelfth cake means synonym of king cake.
What part of speech is twelfth cake?
Twelfth cake is a noun.
How do you pronounce twelfth cake?
Twelfth cake is pronounced /ˈtwɛlfθ ˌkeɪk/ (UK).
What is the plural of twelfth cake?
The plural of twelfth cake is twelfth cakes.

Words near twelfth cake in the dictionary

  1. twelfhyndeman
  2. twelfhyndemen
  3. twelfhyndman
  4. twelfhyndmen
  5. twelfth
  6. twelfth cake
  7. twelfth cakes
  8. twelfth cranial nerve
  9. Twelfth Day
  10. twelfth day cake
  11. twelfth day cakes

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