wedding cake
nounDefinition of wedding cake
1
: a usually elaborately decorated and tiered cake made for the celebration of a wedding
2
: something (such as a large building) resembling a wedding cake especially in elaborate ornamentation
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Yet where his 117-minute film was light as wedding cake, this series sprawls to ten stodgy episodes: not a night out with the girls, but a hen weekend. — T.r., The Economist, "Did “Four Weddings and a Funeral” need updating?," 12 Aug. 2019 Couples have ordered figures of themselves to put on top of wedding cakes. — Deborah Storey | For Al.com, al, "Huntsville company makes 3-D selfies," 5 Aug. 2019 Buttercream’s tiered wedding cakes start at $5.75 per slice and go up based on the intricacy of the design. — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, "Couples are opting out of wedding cakes for more distinctive sweets.," 19 June 2019 Frequently found in third-wave coffee shops, on top of wedding cakes or alongside mid-century modern furniture in millennial-chic apartments, succulents are ubiquitous enough to be considered a design cliche. — Antonia Noori Farzan, The Denver Post, "Popular succulents are being stolen from California parks and sold on the black market," 12 June 2019 Following the candlelit ceremony and cocktail reception, a team of dedicated colleagues escorted the bridal party and hand-carried the wedding cake to a neighboring restaurant un-impacted by the blackout. — Caitlin O'kane, CBS News, "New York City couple continues wedding during blackout – disappointed, but still dancing," 16 July 2019 The couple celebrated with 400 donuts (substituting a wedding cake) in the city's 1899 building. — Selena Barrientos, House Beautiful, "'Good Bones' Star Mina Starsiak and Her Husband Steve Hawk Prove Strong Relationships Take Work," 11 July 2019 The red, white and blue cake was the size of a wedding cake and was accented with sparklers. — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, "Avon Lake closes out bicentennial year with July 4 city celebration," 8 July 2019 In 2017, the Washington Supreme Court ruled in favor of a gay couple, saying Stutzman’s Arlene’s Flowers illegally refused to sell them a wedding cake. — oregonlive.com, "U.S. Supreme Court sidesteps religious freedom vs. same-sex couple’s rights in Oregon cake case," 17 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wedding cake.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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