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# cupcake

«cupcake» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small cake baked in a paper or foil cup, often with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (cupcake, cupcakes)

### meaning for a pupil

A cupcake is a small cake baked in a paper or foil cup, often with icing on top. A dozen cupcakes is 12 cupcakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cupcake/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

maths: a thing baked, sold, shared or eaten; often in trays, boxes or dozens (total = trays × cupcakes each; each = total ÷ people); school: bake sales, birthday treats; everyday life: baking with family, icing and sprinkles; safety: wash hands, oven gloves, check for allergies

### examples

- Mom baked 24 cupcakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cupcake/#x1)
- Each cupcake costs $2. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cupcake/#x2)
- She shared 18 cupcakes among 6 friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cupcake/#x3)
- A tray holds 12 cupcakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cupcake/#x4)
- We sold cupcakes at the bake sale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cupcake/#x5)
- She put pink icing on each cupcake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cupcake/#x6)
- Let the cupcakes cool before you ice them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cupcake/#x7)
- He brought cupcakes for his birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cupcake/#x8)

### note

Thing counted; watch the containers (trays, boxes, dozens). Trap: a dozen cupcakes is 12. British English also says «fairy cakes»; Australians say «patty cakes».

### In the corpora

- [On her last day Maddie gives everyone a cupcake.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cupcake» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cupcake/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.