Get to know Fruitcake better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like crackpot or geek.
Fruitcake in a sentence
Fruitcake meaning
- A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice; usually served in celebration of weddings and Christmas.
- A crazy or eccentric person.
- A homosexual male.
Synonyms of Fruitcake
Using Fruitcake
- The main meaning on this page is: A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice; usually served in celebration of weddings and Christmas. | A crazy or eccentric person. | A homosexual male.
- Useful related words include: crackpot, geek, oddball, flake.
- In the example corpus, fruitcake often appears in combinations such as: the fruitcake, and fruitcake.
Context around Fruitcake
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fruitcake
- In this selection, "fruitcake" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, defend, respecting, christmas, allowed, needs and master stand out and add context to how "fruitcake" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a 60 fruitcake and as a fruitcake has been. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fruitcake" sits close to words such as aaj, abn and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fruitcake
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Would you buy a $60 fruitcake? (6 words)
The events will offer hot apple cider and fruitcake. (9 words)
Dolph saw the fruitcake and assumed it was a gift for him. (12 words)
Her supporters have long argued that Van Houten, a rootless and damaged child of a broken home, described by one of her original lawyers as being 'nutty as a fruitcake', has been entirely rehabilitated and was merely being kept behind bars as retribution. (43 words)
This About That: Author also appears to be unaware of the 10 million hostages living in Seoul, who are continuously under threat of grisly death from the rumored 10,000 prosaic mortar tubes at the disposal of the paranoid fruitcake next door. (42 words)
It was actually Joshua Broxson, A Milton native and work-from-homer, who also happens to be my partner, who inspired my fruitcake journey home and my need to pen this entire article. (33 words)
Would you buy a $60 fruitcake? (6 words)
Example sentences (19)
I am here to defend fruitcake — at the very least the fruitcake I am familiar with, which is delicious.
Her supporters have long argued that Van Houten, a rootless and damaged child of a broken home, described by one of her original lawyers as being 'nutty as a fruitcake', has been entirely rehabilitated and was merely being kept behind bars as retribution.
The events will offer hot apple cider and fruitcake.
Callan Rydz called himself a “fruitcake” after whitewashing Romeo Grbavac 3-0 at Alexandra Palace.
Every cheese hails from the British Isles and arrives paired with individual condiments like hot honey and nuts, kimchi or fruitcake.
Speaking about his emotion on stage, he said: “I’m a fruitcake, I’ll happily admit it.
This durability of fruitcake allowed several monasteries to bake and sell it for fundraising via mail order.
According to my mother, any self-respecting fruitcake needs to be baked and soaking by the end of October, at least.
Chef and fruitcake master Mynhardt Joubert currently bakes dozens of nostalgic Christmas cakes in his restaurant kitchen in Paarl.
If you haven’t already guessed, these ingredients – along with flour and brandy and various spices – were the basics in our family Christmas fruitcake.
Dolph saw the fruitcake and assumed it was a gift for him.
Homemade, store-bought and sliced pies are all good to go in your carry-on, as are other baked goods like fruitcake.
It was actually Joshua Broxson, A Milton native and work-from-homer, who also happens to be my partner, who inspired my fruitcake journey home and my need to pen this entire article.
The British royal family wedding tradition of a well-dressed marzipan frosted fruitcake will be tweaked by an upstart Californian-UK transplant.
This About That: Author also appears to be unaware of the 10 million hostages living in Seoul, who are continuously under threat of grisly death from the rumored 10,000 prosaic mortar tubes at the disposal of the paranoid fruitcake next door.
This is the day to pay homage to the controversial and sometimes misunderstood fruitcake.
We should ship Kim Jong-Un fruitcake, Bourbon, and Southern Comfort until his head explodes.
Would you buy a $60 fruitcake?
He gives her a ride to her workplace, the United Fruitcake Outlet ("UFO".
Common combinations with fruitcake
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: