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 Porta Blu will offer a lavish Easter brunch buffet, with succulent prime rib; fresh cocktail shrimp; a salad with pomegranate, strawberries, rose apples and parmesan; lemon ricotta pancakes,; vegetable frittata; and braised cabbage with Bechamel and grainy Dijon. Laura Ness, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2025 There was the breakfast, dominated by crepe-like Icelandic pancakes and massive bowls of Skyr, Iceland’s wonderfully acidic and protein-loaded yogurt, piled generously with granola and fruit. Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 11 Apr. 2025 Per her Instagram bio, Sara is also a singer (and a pancake flipper!). Jordana Comiter, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025 The West Loop spot is an intimately American- and Asian-influenced restaurant serving things such as griddle bread inspired by Chinese scallion pancakes, Yamagata koshihikari, suzuki tartare and Royal Milk tiramisu. Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pancake
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Noun
  • Whoever gets up first can help by setting the table or flipping some flapjacks.
    Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Feb. 2025
  • During the contest, which aired on January 20, 2025, Ishii appeared to injure his left ankle or calf after taking a flapjack from Okada early on.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • If that’s not enough, order a single jumbo hotcake to really take you over the edge.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Aubrey's East Tennessee The fact that chicken fingers with honey mustard sell like hotcakes tells you a lot about Aubrey's, the beloved 14-restaurant group in East Tennessee (mostly Knoxville).
    Carolanne Griffith Roberts, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • For an answer, there was only the sound of my blin cooking on the griddle, and the rise and fall of spoons.
    Talia Lavin, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2017
  • The Red Star blin offers a satisfying burst of salty salmon roe, draped in hot, lacy pastry and delivered in minutes.
    Talia Lavin, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2017
Noun
  • The restaurant’s all-day brunch menu is filled with indulgent dishes such as brioche French toast, Nutella Packed Jacks and lemony griddle cakes.
    Taryn White, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The restaurant’s all-day brunch menu is filled with indulgent dishes such as brioche French toast, Nutella Packed Jacks and lemony griddle cakes.
    Taryn White, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025

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