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Recent Examples of caked
Degrease The Kitchen If frying bacon or green tomatoes has left your range hood and cooktop with caked on grease, Windex can cut through it.
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Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
19 June 2026
Clean Off the Deck A mower deck caked with clippings attracts more clippings.
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Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 June 2026
My sneakers caked tall with snow.
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Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
Also, a magenta bed once owned by a Vegas drag queen that couldn’t be restored in time for the show (too much hair spray caked on the headboard).
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Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
Try Audible for free Hands caked with mud, fingertips diced by a thousand tiny cuts, and my wheels were spinning again.
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CBS News,
1 May 2026
If your gardening tools have rust or caked-on dirt from their last use, vinegar can help.
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Samantha Johnson,
Martha Stewart,
29 Apr. 2026
Green is slightly stronger for cleaning lightly caked grime, while yellow is strong enough to strip off paint.
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Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
The interior gauges, caked in 50 years of dust, are beautiful, with a peculiar toggle switch in the center of the dashboard that looks like it was taken from an RAF Spitfire fighter plane.
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Jesus R. Garcia,
Houston Chronicle,
5 Apr. 2026
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
19 June 2026
Clean Off the Deck A mower deck caked with clippings attracts more clippings.
—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 June 2026
My sneakers caked tall with snow.
—
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
Also, a magenta bed once owned by a Vegas drag queen that couldn’t be restored in time for the show (too much hair spray caked on the headboard).
—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
Try Audible for free Hands caked with mud, fingertips diced by a thousand tiny cuts, and my wheels were spinning again.
—
CBS News,
1 May 2026
If your gardening tools have rust or caked-on dirt from their last use, vinegar can help.
—
Samantha Johnson,
Martha Stewart,
29 Apr. 2026
Green is slightly stronger for cleaning lightly caked grime, while yellow is strong enough to strip off paint.
—
Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
The interior gauges, caked in 50 years of dust, are beautiful, with a peculiar toggle switch in the center of the dashboard that looks like it was taken from an RAF Spitfire fighter plane.
—
Jesus R. Garcia,
Houston Chronicle,
5 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caked
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The restaurant sources its birotes from Duran’s to make the open-face, bean and cheese-smeared breakfast sandwiches popular throughout Mexico.
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By the end of the debate, about 150 men dressed in Indigenous costumes, their faces smeared with soot, stormed to a nearby wharf and dumped a literal boatload of tea into the water.
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Such hospitality was reserved for a narrow category of humanity, resembling as closely as possible those local barons whose surnames crusted the stones of local cemeteries.
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What's Included Among the entrees are two varieties of salmon (coconut macadamia nut-crusted or grilled), chicken (either grilled or lightly breaded), London broil, marinara beef meatballs and turkey meat loaf.
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The 1500 feet-long sculpture, made of 6000 tons of black basalt rock and earth, juts out of the basin and is encrusted with white salt, having been altered over the years by the salty pink water that used to flow there.
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Eliza decked herself in emeralds, while Amelia modeled a set encrusted with sapphires.
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Add chicken, pineapple, pecans, celery, and scallions; fold until evenly coated.
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Dust coated coastal communities.
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When choosing a warranty, review the contract, check what is covered, and understand the claims process.
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Travel insurance experts say travelers' biggest mistake this summer is too much confidence—like assuming that any disruption is automatically covered by their policy.
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“Caked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caked. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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