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 And speaking of fall comforts, complete the cozy vibe with a batch of pumpkin pancakes straight from Luke's diner. Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025 Months after the Southern dining chain faced fierce backlash over a controversial logo rebrand blasted by critics, Cracker Barrel is giving away free pancakes to NFL fans in a bid to win back diners. Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025 His college tape showed a blocker with tremendous balance and the finishing strength to consistently counter what defenses threw at him, and his NFL tape has been more of the same (with even more pancakes). Dane Brugler, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025 Because such materials can be difficult to detect once products are frozen, widespread recalls help prevent potentially serious harm to consumers, especially children, who are a common audience for corn dog and pancake stick products. Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pancake
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Noun
  • 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
  • That year, Dine Brands’ IHOP, for example, introduced pancakes with 18 grams of protein per flapjack.
    Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 9 Aug. 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 18 Oct. 2025.

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