: a flat cake made of thin batter and cooked (as on a griddle) on both sides
Examples of pancake in a Sentence
Noun
We had blueberry pancakes and sausage for breakfast.
She wore sequins, false eyelashes, and pancake onstage.
Recent Examples on the Web
April Benshosan, Glamour, 18 Apr. 2024
The view is best experienced while enjoying a room-service breakfast of pastries, chocolate pancakes, and a piping hot latte.
—Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2024
Guests are limited to one side per order and includes only buttermilk pancakes.
—Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Apr. 2024
Steep it in simple syrup for a throat remedy, drink mixer, or ice cream, pancake or fruit salad topping.
—Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
Second, pancakes are made with a leavening agent, such as baking powder or baking soda.
—Julia Levy, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2024
Menu specialties include high-protein pancakes, toasts, egg dishes, sandwiches, salads, smoothies, coffee drinks, fresh juices and more.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024
Most versions of the latter are egg-and-matzo scrambles, but ours is fried and flipped like a pancake.
—Emma Laperruque, Bon Appétit, 1 Apr. 2024
Last year’s festivities also included a bean bag tournament, fireworks, a pancake feed and more.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2024
USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
These buildings were not pancaked by big bombs, but targeted by Israel’s air force strikes, artillery fire and small arms.
—Lorenzo Tugnoli, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
Skeletal remains of buildings bowed under roofs that pancaked in the blaze.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 Aug. 2023
Armstead pancaked Mahomes on third-and-5 from the 49ers’ 9-yard line, forcing the Chiefs to settle for a Butker field goal that snapped the shutout bid but reduced the 49ers’ lead to just 10-3 with 20 seconds until halftime.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
The couple were still mourning their two sons who were killed when a powerful earthquake pancaked their six-story apartment building in southern Turkey before dawn last February.
—Safak Timur Emin Ozmen, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
Unfortunately, their snow, while deep, had pancaked and the skiing on the lower slopes, while untracked, was, frankly, no good for skiing.
—Dan Schilling, Outside Online, 17 Apr. 2023
The driver's car, found pancaked at the bottom of the ravine, was unrecognizable, according to Leum.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 25 July 2023
Officials said the failure happened when the second floor fell into the first, causing all the floors to pancake all the way into the basement.
—Heavier Vehicles, Curbed, 21 Apr. 2023
Noun
Reviewers rave that the flavors truly live up to the hype and are easy to incorporate into recipes, such as protein pancakes and shakes.
—April Benshosan, Glamour, 18 Apr. 2024
The view is best experienced while enjoying a room-service breakfast of pastries, chocolate pancakes, and a piping hot latte.
—Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2024
Guests are limited to one side per order and includes only buttermilk pancakes.
—Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Apr. 2024
Steep it in simple syrup for a throat remedy, drink mixer, or ice cream, pancake or fruit salad topping.
—Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
Second, pancakes are made with a leavening agent, such as baking powder or baking soda.
—Julia Levy, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2024
Menu specialties include high-protein pancakes, toasts, egg dishes, sandwiches, salads, smoothies, coffee drinks, fresh juices and more.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024
Most versions of the latter are egg-and-matzo scrambles, but ours is fried and flipped like a pancake.
—Emma Laperruque, Bon Appétit, 1 Apr. 2024
Last year’s festivities also included a bean bag tournament, fireworks, a pancake feed and more.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2024
Verb
Another silver two-door car can also be seen pancaked on the street in front of a Chicago Fire Department truck.
—USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
These buildings were not pancaked by big bombs, but targeted by Israel’s air force strikes, artillery fire and small arms.
—Lorenzo Tugnoli, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
Skeletal remains of buildings bowed under roofs that pancaked in the blaze.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 Aug. 2023
Armstead pancaked Mahomes on third-and-5 from the 49ers’ 9-yard line, forcing the Chiefs to settle for a Butker field goal that snapped the shutout bid but reduced the 49ers’ lead to just 10-3 with 20 seconds until halftime.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
The couple were still mourning their two sons who were killed when a powerful earthquake pancaked their six-story apartment building in southern Turkey before dawn last February.
—Safak Timur Emin Ozmen, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
Unfortunately, their snow, while deep, had pancaked and the skiing on the lower slopes, while untracked, was, frankly, no good for skiing.
—Dan Schilling, Outside Online, 17 Apr. 2023
The driver's car, found pancaked at the bottom of the ravine, was unrecognizable, according to Leum.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 25 July 2023
Officials said the failure happened when the second floor fell into the first, causing all the floors to pancake all the way into the basement.
—Heavier Vehicles, Curbed, 21 Apr. 2023
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“Pancake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pancake. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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