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1 cake
[keik] 1. noun1) (a food made by baking a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar etc: a piece of cake; a plate of cream cakes; a Christmas cake.) kaka2) (a piece of other food pressed into shape: fishcakes; oatcakes.) matarkaka3) (a flattened hard mass: a cake of soap.) sápustykki2. verb(to cover in the form of a dried mass: His shoes were caked with mud.) þekja -
2 plum cake/pudding
((a) cake or pudding containing raisins, currants etc.) plómubúðingur, rúsínukaka -
3 sponge cake
((a) very light cake or pudding made from flour, eggs and sugar etc.) svampkaka -
4 biscuit
['biskit]1) ((American cookie) a crisp, sweet piece of dough baked in small flat cakes.) smákaka, kex; tvíbaka2) (a similar savoury flat cake.) þurrkaka; sandkaka3) ((American) a small soft round cake.) mjúkt matarbrauð -
5 quarter
['kwo:tə] 1. noun1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) fjórðungur, fjórði hluti, fjórði; kortér2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) fjórðungur úr dollara/dal3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) (borgar)hverfi4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) átt5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) grið6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) kjötlæri; lærstykki7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) kvartil, tunglfjórðungur8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) leikfjórðungur9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) önn2. verb1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) skipta í fernt2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) deila með fjórum3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) hÿsa•3. adverb(once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) ársfjórðungslega4. noun(a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) ársfjórðungsrit- quarters- quarter-deck
- quarter-final
- quarter-finalist
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6 sponge
1. noun1) (a type of sea animal, or its soft skeleton, which has many holes and is able to suck up and hold water.) svampur2) (a piece of such a skeleton or a substitute, used for washing the body etc.) svampur3) (a sponge pudding or cake: We had jam sponge for dessert.) svampkaka4) (an act of wiping etc with a sponge: Give the table a quick sponge over, will you?) þurrka af með svampi2. verb1) (to wipe or clean with a sponge: She sponged the child's face.) þurrka/hreinsa með svampi2) (to get a living, money etc (from someone else): He's been sponging off/on us for years.) lifa á kostnað annarra•- sponger- spongy
- spongily
- sponginess
- sponge cake
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7 taste
[teist] 1. verb1) (to be aware of, or recognize, the flavour of something: I can taste ginger in this cake.) finna bragð af2) (to test or find out the flavour or quality of (food etc) by eating or drinking a little of it: Please taste this and tell me if it is too sweet.) bragða á, smakka3) (to have a particular flavour or other quality that is noticed through the act of tasting: This milk tastes sour; The sauce tastes of garlic.) bragðast4) (to eat (food) especially with enjoyment: I haven't tasted such a beautiful curry for ages.) smakka5) (to experience: He tasted the delights of country life.) njóta2. noun1) (one of the five senses, the sense by which we are aware of flavour: one's sense of taste; bitter to the taste.) bragðskyn2) (the quality or flavour of anything that is known through this sense: This wine has an unusual taste.) bragð3) (an act of tasting or a small quantity of food etc for tasting: Do have a taste of this cake!) sÿnishorn, smakk4) (a liking or preference: a taste for music; a queer taste in books; expensive tastes.) smekkur5) (the ability to judge what is suitable in behaviour, dress etc or what is fine and beautiful: She shows good taste in clothes; a man of taste; That joke was in good/bad taste.) smekkur•- tasteful- tastefully
- tastefulness
- tasteless
- tastelessly
- tastelessness
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- tasty
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8 all
[o:l] 1. adjective, pronoun1) (the whole (of): He ate all the cake; He has spent all of his money.) allur2) (every one (of a group) when taken together: They were all present; All men are equal.) allir, hver og einn2. adverb1) (entirely: all alone; dressed all in white.) algerlega2) ((with the) much; even: Your low pay is all the more reason to find a new job; I feel all the better for a shower.) þeim mun•- all-out
- all-round
- all-rounder
- all-terrain vehicle
- all along
- all at once
- all in
- all in all
- all over
- all right
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9 almond
1) ((also almond tree) a kind of tree related to the peach.) möndlutré2) (the kernel of its fruit: The cake had raisins and almonds in it.) mandla -
10 baking powder
(a powder used to make cakes etc rise: This sponge cake is very flat - you can't have used enough baking powder.) lyftiduft -
11 brownie
1) ((with capital: short for Brownie Guide) a junior Girl Guide.)2) ((American) a sweet chocolate and nut cake.) -
12 bun
(a kind of sweet cake: a currant bun.) -
13 crown
1. noun1) (a circular, often jewelled, head-dress, especially one worn as a mark of royalty or honour: the queen's crown.) kóróna2) ((with capital) the king or queen or governing power in a monarchy: revenue belonging to the Crown.) krúna; konunglegt vald3) (the top eg of a head, hat, hill etc: We reached the crown of the hill.) toppur4) ((an artificial replacement for) the part of a tooth which can be seen.) króna, viðgerð á tönn2. verb1) (to make (someone) king or queen by placing a crown on his or her head: The archbishop crowned the queen.) krÿna2) (to form the top part of (something): an iced cake crowned with a cherry.) krÿna, vera efst á3) (to put an artificial crown on (a tooth).) setja krónu á tönn4) (to hit (someone) on the head: If you do that again, I'll crown you!) lemja ofan á höfuð e-s•- crown princess -
14 currant
1) (a small black raisin or dried seedless grape: This cake has currants in it.) kúrenna2) (any of several types of small berry: a redcurrant/blackcurrant.) rifsber, sólber -
15 doughnut
noun (a ring-shaped cake, with a hole in the middle, fried in fat.) kleinuhringur -
16 eclair
(a long iced cake usually with cream filling and chocolate icing.) vatnsdeigsbátur -
17 filling
noun (anything used to fill: The filling has come out of my tooth; He put an orange filling in the cake.) fylling -
18 finish off
1) (to complete: She finished off the job yesterday.) leggja lokahönd á; ganga frá2) (to use, eat etc the last of: We've finished off the cake.) klára, ljúka við3) (to kill (a person): His last illness nearly finished him off.) gera út af við -
19 flavour
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20 frost
[frost] 1. noun1) (frozen dew, vapour etc: The ground was covered with frost this morning.) frost2) (the coldness of weather needed to form ice: There'll be (a) frost tomorrow.) frost2. verb1) (to become covered with frost: The windscreen of my car frosted up last night.) héla, hríma2) ((American) to cover a cake with frosting.)•- frosting- frosty
- frostily
- frostbite
- frostbitten
См. также в других словарях:
cake — cake … Dictionnaire des rimes
cake — [ kɛk ] n. m. • 1795; mot angl., abrév. de plum cake « gâteau aux raisins secs » 1 ♦ Gâteau garni de raisins secs, de fruits confits. Une tranche de cake. Un moule à cake. Des cakes. 2 ♦ Loc. (1964) En cake, se dit d un cosmétique moulé en pâte… … Encyclopédie Universelle
cake — [ keık ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount a sweet food made by baking a mixture that usually contains sugar, eggs, flour, and butter or oil: a chocolate cake a birthday/wedding/Christmas cake a piece/slice of cake: Would you like a slice of cake?… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Cake — (k[=a]k), n. [OE. cake, kaak; akin to Dan. kage, Sw. & Icel. kaka, D. koek, G.kuchen, OHG. chuocho.] [1913 Webster] 1. A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cake — ► NOUN 1) an item of soft sweet food made from baking a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, and sugar. 2) a flat, round item of savoury food that is baked or fried. 3) the amount of money available for sharing: a fair slice of the education cake. ► VERB … English terms dictionary
Cake — Datos generales Origen Sacramento, California, EUA Información artística Género(s) Rock alternativo Co … Wikipedia Español
CAKE — John McCrea 2005 beim Lollapalooza Gründung 1991 Genre Alternative Rock, Post Grunge Website … Deutsch Wikipedia
Cake — 〈[kɛık] m. 6; schweiz.〉 in einer länglichen Form gebackener Sandkuchen [engl., „Kuchen“] * * * Cake [ke:k , keɪk ], der; s, s [engl. cake = Kuchen] (schweiz.): in länglicher Form gebackene Art Sandkuchen. * * * Cake [ke:k, engl.: keɪk], der; s, s … Universal-Lexikon
cake — cake; no·cake; tharf·cake; pan·cake; … English syllables
Cake — Cake, v. i. To form into a cake, or mass. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cake — [kāk] n. [ME < ON kaka < IE base * gag , *gog , something round, lump of something (orig. < baby talk) > Ger kuchen: not connected with COOK & L coquere] 1. a small, flat mass of dough or batter, or of some hashed food, that is baked… … English World dictionary
