noun
a rich fruitcake (usually covered with icing and marzipan) and eaten at Christmas
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
• Hypernyms: ↑fruitcake
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Christmas cake noun
A rich fruitcake, usu iced, made for Christmas
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Main Entry: ↑Christmas
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Christmas cake UK US noun [countable/uncountable] [singular Christmas cake plural Christmas cakes] british
a heavy fruit cake eaten at Christmas in the UK
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noun, pl ⋯ cakes [count, noncount]
Brit : a cake that contains nuts and fruits and that is served at Christmas
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.