layer cake
"Layer cake" can refer to a type of cake with multiple layers, a metaphor for complexity, or a British crime film.
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Definition
A2Culinary
A cake made of several stacked layers with fillings like frosting or jam between them.
Example
- She baked a chocolate layer cake for the birthday party.
B2Metaphor
(idiomatic)A term used to describe something with multiple levels or stages, often indicating complexity.
Example
- The company's management structure is a layer cake of bureaucracy.
B2Film
A 2004 British crime film about a London-based criminal who wants to leave the drug business.
Example
- "Layer Cake" features Daniel Craig in the lead role.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "layer cake":
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