carcake

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noun

A traditional Scottish delicacy, a sort of cake made from the milk of a newly-calved cow mixed with oatmeal, associated with Shrove Tuesday.

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Meanings

nouncarcake (plural carcakes)

plural carcakes · alternative carecake · alternative Scotland caarcake · alternative Scotland kercaik · alternative Scotland car-cake

  1. A traditional Scottish delicacy, a sort of cake made from the milk of a newly-calved cow mixed with oatmeal, associated with Shrove Tuesday.

Origin

From care + cake. Compare Scots caurcake, kercake.

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APA

carcake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carcake

MLA

“carcake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carcake. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carcake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carcake.

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