Definition for fruit cake - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	fruit cake (fruit cake) noun 1a cake containing dried fruit and nuts: a rich, moist fruit cake [mass noun]: Ella filled her mouth with fruit cake 2 (fruitcake) informal an eccentric or mad person. [compare with nutty as a fruitcake (see nutty)]		More words in this category Battenberg biscuit clafoutis cream horn Eccles cake eclair funnel cake gelato lamington nougat pokey hat pound cake puff ratafia semolina snow sopaipilla sweetie turron wedding cake Nearby Words fructuous frug frugal frugality frugivore fruit fruit acid fruit bat fruit body fruit cake fruit cocktail fruit cup fruit dove fruit drop fruit fly fruit gum fruit loop fruit machine fruit pigeon