Definition of cake

i. The solid residue left in a filter press or on a vacuum filter after the solution has been drawn off.

ii. Solidified drill sludge.

Ref: Long

iii. That portion of a drilling mud adhering to the walls of a borehole.

Synonym of: wall cake

iv. .

See: cake of gold, mud cake

v. To form in a mass such as when ore sinters together in roasting, or coal cakes together in coking.