: 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.
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Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Try a make-ahead breakfast casserole or a large-format blueberry pancake.
—Hannah Lee Leidy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 May 2026
Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Breakfast, for example, could be an ultraprocessed frozen waffle or pancake with fake maple syrup.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026
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Noun
This latter-day diner is true to the genre, down to its Formica, chrome and gum-cracking soul, with breakfast understood as the apotheosis of the day and the almost supernaturally fluffy pancakes, anointed in syrup and salted honey-maple butter, available until closing time.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Try a make-ahead breakfast casserole or a large-format blueberry pancake.
—Hannah Lee Leidy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 May 2026
Verb
Can't wait to see this demon pancaking people on Sundays.
—Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Breakfast, for example, could be an ultraprocessed frozen waffle or pancake with fake maple syrup.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for pancake
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“Pancake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pancake. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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