PRESS CAKE
\pɹˈɛs kˈe͡ɪk], \pɹˈɛs kˈeɪk], \p_ɹ_ˈɛ_s k_ˈeɪ_k]\
Definitions of PRESS CAKE
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A cake of compressed substance, as: in gunpowder manufacture, the cake resulting from compressing the meal powder; in the treatment of coal tar, the pressed product at various stages of the process; or, in beet-sugar manufacture, the vegetable residue after the sugar juice has been expressed.
By Oddity Software
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A cake of compressed substance, as: in gunpowder manufacture, the cake resulting from compressing the meal powder; in the treatment of coal tar, the pressed product at various stages of the process; or, in beet-sugar manufacture, the vegetable residue after the sugar juice has been expressed.
By Noah Webster.
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