Bridecake
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bridecake is a noun meaning (archaic) Synonym of wedding cake.
Meaning
(archaic) Synonym of wedding cake.
Example Sentences
But when the day should come for sending a piece of bridecake and cards with ‘Mrs. Herbert’ on them, all these wrongs would be avenged!
He came as a Baker: but owned, when too late— And it drove the poor Bellman half-mad— He could only bake Bridecake—for which, I may state, No materials were to be had.
Mr. Casaubon seemed even unconscious that trivialities existed, and never handed round that small-talk of heavy men which is as acceptable as stale bride-cake brought forth with an odor of cupboard.
This day my Julia thou must make For Mistresse Bride, the wedding Cake: Knead but the Dow, and it will be To paste of Almonds turn’d by thee: Or kisse it thou, but once, or twice, And for the Bride-Cake ther’l be Spice.
Word Forms
- bridecakes
- bride-cake
Synonyms for bridecake
Depending on context, synonyms include wedding cake.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wedding cake, bride-cake, cimbal, cakerie, cakewalk, cakage.
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