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pancake-style

pancake-style

3.5
Cooked flat and round on a hot surface like a pancake
  • adjective
  • /ˈpænkeɪk staɪl/
translation icon : estilo panqueque
  • The chef served a delicious pancake-style omelet with vegetables for breakfast.

Examples

  • We tried making tofu pancake-style, and it was a hit with the whole family.

  • They prefer their potatoes prepared in a simple pancake-style manner, crisp and golden.

  • I love pancake-style breakfasts!

  • She prepared a pancake-style dinner for us.

  • The chef served a delicious pancake-style omelet with vegetables for breakfast.

  • They prefer their potatoes prepared in a simple pancake-style manner, crisp and golden.

  • We tried making tofu pancake-style, and it was a hit with the whole family.

Synonyms

pancake-like
vspancake-style
1 3.4

Flat and round like a pancake

focuses on the cooking method rather than simply shape

Surface Forms

pancake-style positive

Morphology

pancake-style = pancake (transparent) = pancake + style

Clear formation meaning 'in the style of pancakes' formed from the noun 'pancake' plus the productive element '-style'.

Etymology

Pancake-style comes from pancake, which is pan + cake meaning a 'cake' cooked in a 'pan', and style means 'way'. So pancake-style means made in the 'way' of a pancake: flat and fried on a hot surface.