Definitions for pancake

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pancake pan·cake

Spelling: [pan-keyk]

IPA: /ˈpænˌkeɪk/

Pancake is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 116 anagrams from letters in pancake (aaceknp).

Definitions for pancake

noun

1. a thin, flat cake of batter fried on both sides on a griddle or in a frying pan; griddlecake or flapjack.
2. Also called pancake landing. an airplane landing made by pancaking.

verb (used with object)

1. Informal. to flatten, especially as the result of a collision or other mishap:
2. to cause (an airplane) to pancake.

verb (used without object)

1. (of an airplane or the like) to drop flat to the ground after leveling off a few feet above it.

Origin of pancake

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at pan¹, cake

Examples for pancake

Her nose is as flat as a pancake and she rouges something fierce.

In this recipe, I substitute pure maple syrup for sugar, an ingredient one traditionally sees in most pancake mix recipes.

Green reportedly served more than a million pancakes and took 50,000 orders for the pancake mix.

They are excellent when eaten with German pancake, fried bread or French toast.

“[The gluten-free one] is smaller and more money,” she laments, pointing to a box of pancake mix.

Later, in Kathmandu at a reception feting her fourth summit, Lakpa tried to mask the bruises with pancake makeup.

Think I'm hankering about being smashed flatter'n a pancake, do you?

"His head's no'but a lump of puddin' and a daub o' pancake," thought Gubblum.

He was good at this; he could have flattened the Vendome column like a pancake.

Cook pancake in pan, add chopped chocolate toaster pastry, and drizzle with chocolate sauce.