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pancake Definition

pan·cake (pankāk′)

noun

  1. a thin, flat cake of batter fried on a griddle or in a pan; griddlecake; flapjack
  2. a landing in which the airplane levels off higher than for a normal landing, stalls, then drops almost vertically
  3. pancake makeup

intransitive verb, transitive verb -·caked′, -·cak′·ing

to make, or cause (an airplane) to make, a pancake landing

pancake Synonyms

pancake

n.

flapjack, hot cake, batter cake, griddlecake, cake, fried bread, fried mush, sourdough, latke, blintz (both Yiddish), tortilla (Spanish), blini (Russian), crêpe, crêpes suzette (both French), chapati (Hindi); see also food.

pancake Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • toss: I do believe that more practice is needed in the art of tossing pancakes whilst running.
  • flip: He flipped a pancake 416 times in just two minutes!
  • cook: To cook a pancake you can use either a light oil or butter.
  • fold: Fold a warm pancake in half, then half again, to make a cone shape.
  • fill: Sprinkle with soy sauce and use to fill pancakes.

Modifies a noun

  • batter: To make the pancake batter, sieve the flour and salt into a bowl and make a well in the center.
  • recipe: Why don't you try the pancake recipe in my recipe section.
  • ice: Only in the south were there discrete fields of pure pancake ice, normally seen over the entire central Greenland Sea.

Adjective modifier

  • crispy: This is how to role your crispy duck pancake!
  • savory: Create popular cocktail snacks, eat with savory pancakes or make sausage rolls with puff pastry!
  • Scotch: This is going to go on all night... How about a Scotch pancake?
  • delicious: When everyone has arrived and ordered a delicious pancake, 63 kisses have been exchanged.
  • thin: Roll the balls out into large thin pancakes on a floured surface.

Preposition: with

syrup: Why not try the American pancakes with maple syrup?

Noun used with modifier

  • buttermilk: Fresh fruit salad, Swiss-style muesli, yogurt and buttermilk pancakes are only some of the highlights of our breakfast buffet.
  • blueberry: Sure, yes, the blueberry pancakes are excellent.
  • banana: And with desserts like banana custard pancakes or gran's plum pudding, very few diners can resist the third course!
  • potato: Another popular dish is Irish soda bread and potato pancakes.
  • duck: During the course of our meal our waiter was kind enough to fetch us some special duck pancakes which were really tasty.
  • mushroom: Food treads a Mediterranean path: warm quail salad with asparagus & pine kernels or wild mushroom pancake with Stilton glaze to start.