crape
- noun
- /kreɪp/
- Archaic
:
crêpe
- I ordered a delicious crape filled with strawberries and whipped cream for dessert.
Examples
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For breakfast, he enjoyed a thin crape topped with fresh fruit and syrup.
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She learned how to make a savory crape with cheese and spinach for lunch.
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This is why I love Christmas, because of all the Christmas stools, like the German Bratsworth sausages, the crapes, the wooden spoons, all of them.
Synonyms
316
1.0
A thin, flat fried cake made from batter often eaten for breakfast
22
2.5
A very thin pancake filled with sweet or salty food
8
1.6
A thin flat cake you fry on both sides from batter, often eaten for breakfast
1
3.5
A very thin pancake rolled, sometimes folded with sweet or salty filling
1
3.0
A thin, flat cake made from buckwheat flour often eaten for breakfast
Compounds
- Australian
A tropical tree with large showy purple flowers often grown in gardens
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word crape for a very thin pancake comes from French crêpe, from Latin crispus meaning 'curled'. Because the thin edges can curl, a crape is a flat, very thin pancake often folded with sweet or savory filling.