"layer cake" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: layer cakes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} layer cake (plural layer cakes)
  1. A cake consisting of multiple stacked sheets of cake, held together by frosting or jam, etc. Synonyms (cake): sandwich cake, sandwich [UK] Derived forms: layer cake federalism Translations (type of cake): lagkage [common-gender] (Danish), täytekakku (Finnish), przekładaniec [masculine] (Polish)
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  2. A type of layering of materials, used in some nuclear bombs. Categories (topical): Nuclear warfare
    Sense id: en-layer_cake-en-noun-FJ3sCapd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 54 46

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