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
Try them over oatmeal, in smoothie bowls, waffles, pancakes, or salads.
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Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2025
For still more flexibility, look to jeon, the family of savory Korean pancakes that can absorb kimchi, as well as fresh or frozen vegetables, seafood, meat and tofu.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
Customers can expect classic breakfast including eggs, pancakes, waffles and French toast, CharlotteFive previously reported.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
Score our favorite new finds, including a brilliantly fun garlic peeler, a thoughtful batter dispenser for pancakes, baked goods, and more, and a genius two-in-one flipper spatula.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
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Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2025
For still more flexibility, look to jeon, the family of savory Korean pancakes that can absorb kimchi, as well as fresh or frozen vegetables, seafood, meat and tofu.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
Customers can expect classic breakfast including eggs, pancakes, waffles and French toast, CharlotteFive previously reported.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
Score our favorite new finds, including a brilliantly fun garlic peeler, a thoughtful batter dispenser for pancakes, baked goods, and more, and a genius two-in-one flipper spatula.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 28 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 6 Nov. 2025.
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