rice cake

noun

A food item made from puffed rice congealed in a wafer, usually circular and palm-sized.

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Meanings

nounrice cake (plural rice cakes)

plural rice cakes

  1. A food item made from puffed rice congealed in a wafer, usually circular and palm-sized.
  2. A sticky, dense food item made from rice flour, popular in parts of East Asia.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 米餅 /米饼, 年糕
  • 米餅 /米饼 (mǐbǐng)food item made from puffed rice
  • 年糕 (niángāo)sticky food item made from rice flour
Dutch rijstwafel
  • rijstwafelfood item made from puffed rice
Finnish riisikakku, riisikakku
  • riisikakkufood item made from puffed rice
  • riisikakkusticky food item made from rice flour
French galette de riz
  • galette de rizfood item made from puffed rice
German Reiswaffel, Reiskuchen
  • Reiswaffelfood item made from puffed rice
  • Reiskuchensticky food item made from rice flour
Hebrew פְּרִיכִית
  • פְּרִיכִיתfood item made from puffed rice
Korean 떡
  • 떡 (tteok)sticky food item made from rice flour
Polish wafel ryżowy, ciastko ryżowe
  • wafel ryżowyfood item made from puffed rice
  • ciastko ryżowesticky food item made from rice flour
Spanish torta de arroz
  • torta de arrozfood item made from puffed rice
Swedish riskaka
  • riskakafood item made from puffed rice
Welsh cacen reis, cacen reis
  • cacen reisfood item made from puffed rice
  • cacen reissticky food item made from rice flour
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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