as in flapjacks
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 pancakes
There’s a huge array of skillets and omelets (including special ones filled with bay shrimp and crabmeat), plus fluffy buttermilk pancakes, French toast, burritos, biscuit sandwiches, Benedicts, and more.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026
This sunny fruit enlivens steamed greens, seafood treasures of all manners, such as, crab cakes, shrimp cocktail, and poached salmon, along with scrumptious baked goods and desserts (meringue pies and bars, tarts, ricotta pancakes, sorbets, silky curds, scones, biscottis, muffins).
—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
Sugar snap salad, cheesy green pea fritters, shrimp and pea pancakes, and more ways to load your spring dinner plan with all the peas.
—Hannah Lee Leidy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Apr. 2026
The Christophers is one of those compact pictures Soderbergh tosses out every year with the seeming effortlessness of someone making a stack of pancakes.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
Sýkora remembers cooking pancakes with Chmelař over the phone and comparing whose turned out better.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
In the evening, the astronauts spoke with Canadian prime minister Mark Carney, discussing the relative merits of Nutella versus maple syrup on pancakes, as well as their favorite wake-up songs from the mission.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026
The menu includes a variety of items from buttermilk pancakes to an option to build your own omelet, market fresh soup, salads, a homestyle hamburger, black bean wrap, avocado and kale sandwich and more.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Making muffins is arguably easier than making pancakes (no standing over the stove flipping them one by one).
—Deputy Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026
This sunny fruit enlivens steamed greens, seafood treasures of all manners, such as, crab cakes, shrimp cocktail, and poached salmon, along with scrumptious baked goods and desserts (meringue pies and bars, tarts, ricotta pancakes, sorbets, silky curds, scones, biscottis, muffins).
—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
Sugar snap salad, cheesy green pea fritters, shrimp and pea pancakes, and more ways to load your spring dinner plan with all the peas.
—Hannah Lee Leidy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Apr. 2026
The Christophers is one of those compact pictures Soderbergh tosses out every year with the seeming effortlessness of someone making a stack of pancakes.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
Sýkora remembers cooking pancakes with Chmelař over the phone and comparing whose turned out better.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
In the evening, the astronauts spoke with Canadian prime minister Mark Carney, discussing the relative merits of Nutella versus maple syrup on pancakes, as well as their favorite wake-up songs from the mission.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026
The menu includes a variety of items from buttermilk pancakes to an option to build your own omelet, market fresh soup, salads, a homestyle hamburger, black bean wrap, avocado and kale sandwich and more.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Making muffins is arguably easier than making pancakes (no standing over the stove flipping them one by one).
—Deputy Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pancakes
Noun
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Over plates of eggs, flapjacks, sausage and bacon, everyday worries seem to fade away.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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Instead of spending Easter morning flipping flapjacks, make this sweet breakfast casserole ahead of time.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Just be sure to grab your favorite tops ASAP considering these picks are selling like hotcakes this season.—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
2 Apr. 2026
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And at 20537 Timbermill Drive in leafy suburban Frankfort, homemade sourdough bread is selling like hotcakes.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Pancakes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pancakes. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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