birthday cake
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.33 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A cake, often iced and decorated, made to celebrate a person's birthday.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Any of several kinds of cakes commonly made to celebrate birthdays.
American usage; Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "“I almost ran away.” / “But you didn’t,” Hallie said seriously. / “We stayed for birthday cake.” Portia sat cross-legged on the bed. “Alfonso’s niece was afraid of the candles and Alfonso helped her blow them out.[…]”"
- "We sit around chatting, with plates of birthday cake on our laps that none of us have got the stomach for."
- "Pat crushed up a package of birthday cake Oreos and sprinkled them over birthday cake ice cream."
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- American usage