birthday cake

collocation in English

meaningsofbirthdayandcake

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withcakeorbirthday.
birthday
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/us
/ˈbɝːθ.deɪ/
the day that is exactly a year or number of years after a person ...
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cake
noun
uk
/keɪk/us
/keɪk/
a sweet food made with a mixture of flour, eggs, fat, ...
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(Definition ofbirthdayandcakefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is not said here there was abirthdaycakebecause it is clear for everybody.
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Give abirthdaycaketo the stewardess.
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Yes, it's abirthdaycake.
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Many abirthdaycakeis marked with initials.
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He and his colleagues at county hall must be wondering where to put their great pinkbirthdaycake.
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Wedding orbirthdaycakecan be sent out of the country either in gift food parcels, when not more than 2 lb.
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So they invited him to a whacking great birthday party, in the middle of which they wheeled in a tremendousbirthdaycakeon a trolley.
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I went to my village and someone in a shop showed me a firework costing £60, which was about the size of abirthdaycake.
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It was a home-madebirthdaycake.
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The story was that, to celebrate his birthday, he cut off children's fingers to stick on abirthdaycake; then he lit the fingers and watched them burn away.
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The stadium will transform into a giantbirthdaycakewith forty-one candles, signifying the nation's 41st birthday.
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The name is taken from the custom of putting an extra candle on abirthdaycakeas one to grow on.
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The development of thebirthdaycakehas followed the development of culinary and confectionery advancement.
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In addition, it has a birthday reminder feature that places abirthdaycakesign on all the user's messages on his/her birthday.
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In our example above, thebirthdaycakeis much more than a source of nourishment, it is a sign with much deeper and broader meaning.
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At the chalet, abirthdaycakewas brought out, alcohol flowed, and banter got livelier.
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I ordered abirthdaycakeand the police also rejected the man who delivered the cake to us.
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She sees her smiling daughter close by and abirthdaycakebetween them.
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When thebirthdaycakethey prepare is finished, it is accidentally pierced, and it deflates.
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This is not restricted to such artifacts as abirthdaycake.
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