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pancake

pancake

316 1.0
A thin, flat fried cake made from batter often eaten for breakfast
  • noun
  • /ˈpænˌkeɪk/
translation icon : panqueque (América Latina)
  • Everyone enjoyed a stack of delicious pancakes at the brunch party.
  • eat pancakes
  • flat as a pancake
  • pancake-shaped

Or we spent every morning making pancakes that spelled words.

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Examples

  • As do these divine potato pancakes.

  • Sure enough, she was flipping pancakes and the sausage was sizzling.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • So if you would like some good pancakes come over.

  • Have some pancakes before they get cold.

  • I got pancakes, and I got eggs.

  • So this is breakfast banana pancake and it's absolutely unreal.

  • Don't let the pancakes get cold.

  • Sharon did not especially like pancakes, but she understood that this was a gesture of love.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Coffee was perking in the old copper pot, and pancakes were in a tin on the open oven door.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • I had eggs in the refrigerator and a health food pancake mix from Olivia, maple syrup.

    Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

crepe
vspancake
22 2.5

A very thin pancake filled with sweet or salty food

is a thicker griddle cake typically not folded or filled
hotcake
vspancake
  • US
12 1.0

A thin round cake made from batter and cooked on a pan, often served for breakfast

is the standard thin fried breakfast or dessert cake
flapjack
vspancake
  • UK
8 1.6

A thin flat cake you fry on both sides from batter, often eaten for breakfast

is the general thin fried griddle cake without regional label
potato pancake
vspancake
3 1.3

A thin round fried food made from grated potato, egg, and a little flour

is made from a thin flour batter and fried on both sides
buttermilk pancake
vspancake
1 1.0

A light, fluffy pancake made with buttermilk

is thinner and flatter rather than risen and fluffy
French pancake
vspancake
1 3.5

A very thin pancake rolled, sometimes folded with sweet or salty filling

is a thicker flat fried griddle cake usually served stacked or plain
griddlecake
vspancake
1 3.9

A flat round cake like a pancake cooked on a hot griddle

is the thin fried breakfast or dessert cake commonly eaten hot
buckwheat pancake
vspancake
1 3.0

A thin, flat cake made from buckwheat flour often eaten for breakfast

is the standard wheat or mixed flour thin fried griddle cake
buckwheat cake
vspancake
1 4.5

A thin pancake made with buckwheat flour often served for breakfast

is the general thin fried breakfast cake not tied to flour type
flapcake
vspancake
8.3

A thin flat cake you make from batter and fry on both sides in a pan

is the same thin fried breakfast or dessert cake commonly served hot
battercake
vspancake
  • US
4.6

A thin flat cake you make from batter and fry on both sides like a pancake

is the same simple thin fried breakfast or dessert cake
flannel cake
vspancake
  • US
5.5

A thin pancake fried on both sides and often served for breakfast

is the common thin griddle cake often eaten at breakfast
flannel-cake
vspancake
  • Archaic
7.7

A thin flat cake cooked on a hot pan like a pancake

is the typical thin fried breakfast or dessert cake
hot cake
vspancake
  • US
1.0

A flat round cake made from thin batter and cooked on both sides on a hot pan

is the familiar thin fried breakfast or dessert cake served hot
slapjack
vspancake
  • Archaic
7.0

A small round pancake often eaten for breakfast

is the general thin fried griddle cake used for breakfast and dessert
Scotch pancake
vspancake
  • UK
3.9

A small, thick pancake cooked on a griddle and often eaten for breakfast or tea

is a generally larger thin fried griddle cake served as a meal
German pancake
vspancake
  • US
3.0

A thick, puffy pancake baked in the oven and often served with lemon, sugar, or fruit

is a thin batter fried on both sides rather than baked and puffy
sea pancake
vspancake
8.3

A savory pancake that has seafood like shrimp and crab

is usually a plain sweet or savory batter cake without seafood focus

Compounds

A mixture of flour, eggs, and milk that you pour to make pancakes

A thin round fried food made from grated potato, egg, and a little flour

A light, fluffy pancake made with buttermilk

A very thin pancake rolled, sometimes folded with sweet or salty filling

A thin, flat cake made from buckwheat flour often eaten for breakfast

1 4.0

The day before Lent when people eat pancakes

1 3.4

Flat and round like a pancake

9.9

A low plant near the sea with round heads of dark red flowers that grow on sandy dunes

A black, cup-shaped mushroom that looks like a burnt pancake

A thick, puffy pancake baked in the oven and often served with lemon, sugar, or fruit

A flat tool with a wide blade for flipping pancakes and lifting other food while cooking

A turtle that lives in water with a flat flexible shell, thick skin, and a strong bite

Cooked flat and round on a hot surface like a pancake

A small, thick pancake cooked on a griddle and often eaten for breakfast or tea

A savory pancake that has seafood like shrimp and crab

How Thick

bun
164 1.0
scone
38 1.9
drop scone
  • UK
1 4.6
pancake
316 1.0
crepe
22 2.5

Surface Forms

pancake singular
pancakes plural

Morphology

pancake = pan + cake (transparent) = pan + cake

The meaning is directly the combination of 'pan' + 'cake' (a cake cooked in a pan), which is obvious to learners.

Etymology

Pancake comes from the simple idea of a thin cake cooked in a pan. So, think of a flat 'cake' fried on both sides, which is why a pancake is a thin, flat cake often eaten for breakfast.