Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oil cake

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English

Syllables: oil -cake
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The solid residue remaining after any oilseed has been pressed to remove the vegetable oil; it is used, with other ingredients, as animal food.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A cake made with vegetable oil instead of butter.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The public learned that it and similar companies in other countries were about to farm triffids on a large scale, in order to extract valuable oils and juices and to press highly nutritious oil-cake for stock feeding."

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

oil cakes (plural) oilcake (alternative)

Phrases

chiffon cake

Frequently Paired Words

chiffon cake amurca poonac

Questions

What does oil cake mean?: The solid residue remaining after any oilseed has been pressed to remove the vegetable oil; it is used, with other ingredients, as animal food.

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