oil cake en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The solid residue remaining after any oilseed has been pressed to remove the vegetable oil; it is used, with other ingredients, as animal food.
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.
1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 45:
- (countable, uncountable) A cake made with vegetable oil instead of butter.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| oil cakes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| oilcake | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
amurca · poonac · chiffon cake
Translations (42)
ota كوسبه (solid residue) · de Öltreber (solid residue) · ru жмых (cake) · tr küspe (solid residue) · pl makuch (solid residue) · nb oljekake (solid residue) · sq dra (solid residue) · xmk βαβρήν (solid residue) · uk маку́ха (solid residue) · fi öljykakku (solid residue) · it panello (solid residue) · bg кюспе (solid residue) · fr tourteau (solid residue) · ja 油かす (solid residue) · sh uljenjak (solid residue) · de Öltrester (solid residue) · sl pŕga (solid residue) · sh kȍmina màslinā (solid residue) · hy կոպտոն (solid residue) · sl óljne tropíne (solid residue) · nb oljekake (cake) · de Ölkuchen (solid residue) · pl kołacz (solid residue) · ro turtă (solid residue) · ru маку́ха (solid residue) · ar كُسْب (solid residue) · de Presskuchen (solid residue) · ta பிண்ணாக்கு (solid residue) · te తెలికపిండి (solid residue) · ml പിണ്ണാക്ക് (solid residue) · pl ciasto szyfonowe (cake) · cmn 油餅 /油饼 (solid residue) · pl kuch (solid residue) · ka კოპტონი (solid residue) · te తెలికపిండి (cake) · ca tortó (solid residue) · hy քուսպ (solid residue) · uk ви́чавки (solid residue) · ar كُسْبَة (solid residue) · fi öljykakku (cake) · ta புண்ணாக்கு (solid residue) · ru жмых (solid residue)