as in flapjack
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
Two dead roaches were inside a cooler used to store pancakes.
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
The meal includes two buttermilk pancakes, two strips of bacon, two sausage links and two eggs cooked to order.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
For nine years, guests filed into the quintessential diner, ordering the egg sandwich specials scrawled on a chalkboard and griddled pancakes browned by the flat top, which followed a recipe from Mitchell's grandfather.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Bellettieri, who works as a marketing director at Seven Sundays, promised to continue making the surprise pancakes for Nalbandian and their future children.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
The meal includes two buttermilk pancakes, two strips of bacon, two sausage links and two eggs cooked to order.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
For nine years, guests filed into the quintessential diner, ordering the egg sandwich specials scrawled on a chalkboard and griddled pancakes browned by the flat top, which followed a recipe from Mitchell's grandfather.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Bellettieri, who works as a marketing director at Seven Sundays, promised to continue making the surprise pancakes for Nalbandian and their future children.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pancake
Noun
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Mama Steve’s House of Pancakes has been serving up flapjacks since 1968 and draws crowds.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
17 Oct. 2025
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Having obvious trouble is Lesley, who put a layer of shortbread under her flapjack, which screwed up the cooking time, which screwed up the decorating time, which left Lesley, well, screwed.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Austinites snapped up these covers like hotcakes.—
Steve Sewall,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Aug. 2025
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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
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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
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In addition to its signature pupusas — warm, thick cornmeal griddle cakes stuffed with beans and cheese — the restaurant serves up corn tamales, red silk beans and sandwiches such as pastelitos de carne.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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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
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“Pancake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pancake. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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