TEACAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does teacake mean? 

• TEACAKE (noun)
  The noun TEACAKE has 2 senses:

1. flat semisweet cookie or biscuit usually served with tea

2. any of various small cakes or cookies often served with tea

  Familiarity information: TEACAKE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEACAKE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flat semisweet cookie or biscuit usually served with tea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

tea biscuit; teacake

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)

Sense 2

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)