oil cake

noun

The solid residue remaining after any oilseed has been pressed to remove the vegetable oil; it is used, with other ingredients, as animal food.

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Meanings

nounoil cake (countable and uncountable, plural oil cakes)

plural oil cakes · alternative oilcake

  1. countableuncountableThe 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
  2. countableuncountableA cake made with vegetable oil instead of butter.

Translations

Arabic كُسْبَة, كُسْب
  • كُسْبَة (kusba)solid residue
  • كُسْب (kusb)solid residue
Bulgarian кюспе
  • кюспе (kjuspe)solid residue
Catalan tortó
  • tortósolid residue
Chinese Mandarin 油餅 /油饼
  • 油餅 /油饼 (yóubǐng)solid residue
Finnish öljykakku, öljykakku
  • öljykakkusolid residue
  • öljykakkucake
French tourteau
  • tourteausolid residue
German Presskuchen, Ölkuchen
  • Presskuchensolid residue
  • Ölkuchensolid residue
  • Öltrebersolid residue
  • Öltrestersolid residue
Italian panello
  • panellosolid residue
Japanese 油かす
  • 油かす (aburakasu)solid residue
Norwegian Bokmål oljekake, oljekake
  • oljekakesolid residue
  • oljekakecake
Polish makuch, kuch
  • makuchsolid residue
  • kuchsolid residue
  • kołaczsolid residue
  • ciasto szyfonowecake
Romanian turtă
  • turtăsolid residue
Russian жмых, маку́ха
  • жмых (žmyx)solid residue
  • маку́ха (makúxa)solid residue
  • жмых (žmyx)cake
Tamil பிண்ணாக்கு, புண்ணாக்கு
  • பிண்ணாக்கு (piṇṇākku)solid residue
  • புண்ணாக்கு (puṇṇākku)solid residue
Turkish küspe
  • küspesolid residue
Ukrainian маку́ха, ви́чавки
  • маку́ха (makúxa)solid residue
  • ви́чавки (výčavky)solid residue
Cite this entry
APA

oil cake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil%20cake

MLA

“oil cake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil%20cake. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oil cake,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil%20cake.

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