hoecake
English
noun
Definitions
- (dated) A type of cornbread or cornmeal cake, made with water and salt. It was originally baked before the fire or in the ashes on a type of iron pan called a hoe; in modern times, it is fried in cooking oil in a skillet.
Etymology
Compound from English hoe (promontory) + English cake.
Origin
English
cake
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Welsh cake English
- ash cake English
- ashcake English
- backhoe English
- barmcake English
- battercake English
- beancake English
- beefcake English
- breadcake English
- bridecake English
- cake English
- cakeage English
- cakebaker English
- cakebox English
- cakecrumb English
- cakehole English
- cakeism English
- cakeless English
- cakelike English
- cakemaker English
- cakemaking English
- cakeman English
- cakepan English
- cakery English
- cakeshop English
- cakestand English
- cakewoman English
- caky English
- cheesecake English
- clapcake English
- coffee cake English
- corncake English
- cupcake English
- filter cake English
- fishcake English
- friedcake English
- fruitcake English
- fuckcake English
- funnel cake English
- griddlecake English
- hoe English
- hoebag English
- hoedown English
- hoelike English
- hoer English
- honeycake English
- hotcake English
- mooncake English
- nubcake English
- nutcake English
- oatcake English
- oilcake English
- pancake English
- plumcake English
- potcake English
- rakehoe English
- seedcake English
- shortcake English
- soycake English
- teacake English
- tharcake English
- uncake English
- yellowcake English
- cake Dutch, Flemish
- cake French
- кек Russian
- cake Spanish, Castilian
- ケーキ Japanese
- cake Middle English
- howe Middle English
- kaka Old Norse
- كيك Arabic
- केक Hindi
- เค้ก Thai
- keyk Cebuano
- keik Indonesian
- cacen Welsh
- kek Turkish
- keyk Tagalog
- ကိတ်မုန့် Burmese
- kek Albanian
- কে’ক Assamese
- keki Swahili
- 케이크 Korean
- ikhekhe Zulu
- ikeki Xhosa
- ikeyiki Xhosa
- kek Tok Pisin
- ເຄັກ Lao
- keke Maori
- likhekhe Swati
- كيكة Hijazi Arabic
- كيكة Gulf Arabic
- keke Fijian
- kek Fiji Hindi
- kèke’éna Taos
- keik Nauru
- hoe
- hoer
- cake
- caky
- uncake
- hoebag
- cakery
- cakeman
- oatcake
- nutcake
- cupcake
- nubcake
- cakepan
- cakeage
- cakeism
- teacake
- cakebox
- ashcake
- pancake
- hoelike
- soycake
- oilcake
- hotcake
- potcake
- hoedown
- backhoe
- rakehoe
- cakelike
- mooncake
- beefcake
- beancake
- fishcake
- cakeless
- cakehole
- plumcake
- tharcake
- cakeshop
- corncake
- clapcake
- barmcake
- fuckcake
- ash cake
- seedcake
- honeycake
- breadcake
- cakecrumb
- friedcake
- bridecake
- cakestand
- fruitcake
- shortcake
- cakemaker
- cakebaker
- cakewoman
- cakemaking
- battercake
- cheesecake
- yellowcake
- Welsh cake
- griddlecake
- funnel cake
- filter cake
- coffee cake