as in crêpe
a flat cake made from thin batter and cooked on both sides (as on a griddle) every Sunday morning, we have pancakes and bacon for breakfast

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Recent Examples of pancake There were crash outs, blowups, fights over pancakes and some messy breakups. Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2025 Used sparingly, Brazil nuts can add flavor and nutrients to meals like burritos, pancakes, or banana bread. Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 26 Aug. 2025 Each box contains five pancakes (individually layered with parchment paper for easy separation) that fit in a medium-sized pan. Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025 Biscuits, pancakes, chicken noodle soup, muffins, stews, pies and cakes. Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pancake
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Noun
  • The flapjacks surely wouldn’t hold up to my memory.
    Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Highlights are karaoke contest, grapefruit bowling, wheelbarrow races, flapjack toss contest.
    Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Austinites snapped up these covers like hotcakes.
    Steve Sewall, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
  • If that’s not enough, order a single jumbo hotcake to really take you over the edge.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The blin is so ubiquitous in Russia that the word is also used as a mild expletive: a polite Russian might mutter it after stubbing her toe, in place of the curse word blyad.
    Talia Lavin, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2017
Noun
  • Eye-catching edibles include Kraken’s Catch, a cold salad with octopus tentacles ($18), and cook’s corn griddle cakes ($12.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Members lamented the loss of their friend, as well as the delicious Salvadoran griddle cakes, called pupusas, that Ruano made.
    Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025

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“Pancake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pancake. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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