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CHRISTMAS CAKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Christmas cake mean?
• CHRISTMAS CAKE (noun)
The noun CHRISTMAS CAKE has 1 sense:
1. a rich fruitcake (usually covered with icing and marzipan) and eaten at Christmas
Familiarity information: CHRISTMAS CAKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rich fruitcake (usually covered with icing and marzipan) and eaten at Christmas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("Christmas cake" is a kind of...):
fruitcake (a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on)
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)
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