Phrase guide

oil cake

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A cake made with vegetable oil instead of butter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

mass of e.g. linseed or cottonseed or soybean from which the oil has been pressed; used as food for livestock

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: feed, provender

Narrower terms: oil meal

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: dra — solid residue
  • Ancient Macedonian: βαβρήν (babrḗn) — solid residue
  • Arabic: كُسْبَة (kusba) — solid residue
  • Arabic: كُسْب (kusb) — solid residue
  • Armenian: կոպտոն (kopton) — solid residue
  • Armenian: քուսպ (kʻusp) — solid residue
  • Bulgarian: кюспе (kjuspe) — solid residue
  • Catalan: tortó — solid residue
  • Chinese Mandarin: 油餅 /油饼 (yóubǐng) — solid residue
  • Finnish: öljykakku — solid residue
  • French: tourteau — solid residue
  • Georgian: კოპტონი (ḳoṗṭoni) — solid residue
  • German: Presskuchen — solid residue
  • German: Ölkuchen — solid residue
  • German: Öltreber — solid residue
  • German: Öltrester — solid residue
  • Italian: panello — solid residue
  • Japanese: 油かす (aburakasu) — solid residue
  • Malayalam: പിണ്ണാക്ക് (piṇṇākkŭ) — solid residue
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oljekake — solid residue
  • Polish: makuch — solid residue
  • Polish: kuch — solid residue
  • Polish: kołacz — solid residue
  • Romanian: turtă — solid residue
  • Russian: жмых (žmyx) — solid residue
  • Russian: маку́ха (makúxa) — solid residue
  • Serbo-Croatian: uljenjak — solid residue
  • Serbo-Croatian: kȍmina màslinā — solid residue
  • Slovene: óljne tropíne — solid residue
  • Slovene: pŕga — solid residue
  • Tamil: பிண்ணாக்கு (piṇṇākku) — solid residue
  • Tamil: புண்ணாக்கு (puṇṇākku) — solid residue
  • Telugu: తెలికపిండి (telikapiṇḍi) — solid residue
  • Turkish: küspe — solid residue
  • Ottoman Turkish: كوسبه (küsbe) — solid residue
  • Ukrainian: маку́ха (makúxa) — solid residue
  • Ukrainian: ви́чавки (výčavky) — solid residue
  • Finnish: öljykakku — cake
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oljekake — cake
  • Polish: ciasto szyfonowe — cake
  • Russian: жмых (žmyx) — cake
  • Telugu: తెలికపిండి (telikapiṇḍi) — cake