"cakelike" meaning in English

See cakelike in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more cakelike [comparative], most cakelike [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kakǭ Old Norse kakabor. Middle English cake English cake Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English cakelike From cake + -like. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|cake|-like|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kakǭ Old Norse kakabor. Middle English cake English cake Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English cakelike [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "dessert", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "dessert", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*kakǭ", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old Norse", "term" : "kaka", "lang" : "non" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "cake", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "cake", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "like", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*leyg-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*līką", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-līkaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-līk", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-līċ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-like", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-like", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "cakelike", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="cakelike"> From cake + -like. Head templates: {{en-adj}} cakelike (comparative more cakelike, superlative most cakelike)
  1. Resembling a cake in appearance or texture.
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