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TEACAKE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various small cakes or cookies often served with tea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("teacake" is a kind of...):
cake (baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "teacake"):
Sally Lunn (a flat round slightly sweet teacake usually served hot)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Flat semisweet cookie or biscuit usually served with tea
Synonyms:
tea biscuit; teacake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("teacake" is a kind of...):
biscuit; cookie; cooky (any of various small flat sweet cakes ('biscuit' is the British term))
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)