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COFFEE CAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coffee cake mean? 

COFFEE CAKE (noun)
  The noun COFFEE CAKE has 1 sense:

1. a cake or sweet bread usually served with coffeeplay

  Familiarity information: COFFEE CAKE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COFFEE CAKE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A cake or sweet bread usually served with coffee

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

coffee cake; coffeecake

Hypernyms ("coffee cake" is a kind of...):

cake (baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coffee cake"):

babka (a coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds)

coffee ring (ring-shaped coffeecake with fruits or nuts and often iced)


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