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yellowcake

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary
yellowcake /ˈyelōˌkāk, ˈjɛloʊˌkeɪk /
▸ noun
1 impure uranium oxide obtained during processing of uranium ore.
2 (yellow cake) US a vanilla-flavored cake having a pale yellow color from the egg yolks and butter in the recipe:
spread icing over one layer of a yellow cake.
– ORIGIN 1940s : so named because the oxide is obtained as a yellow precipitate.