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war cake

war cake noun: a kind of cake made from the limited ingredients available in wartime (typically including little or no milk, butter, eggs, and sometimes sugar).

Noun

war cake (plural war cakes)

  1. A kind of cake made from the limited ingredients available in wartime (typically including little or no milk, butter, eggs, and sometimes sugar).

Forms of war cake

pluralwar cakes

Questions about war cake

What does war cake mean?
War cake means a kind of cake made from the limited ingredients available in wartime (typically including little or no milk, butter, eggs, and sometimes sugar).
What part of speech is war cake?
War cake is a noun.
What is the plural of war cake?
The plural of war cake is war cakes.

Words near war cake in the dictionary

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  2. war brides
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