pancake
pronunciation
How to pronounce pancake in British English:
UK [ˈpænkeɪk]
How to pronounce pancake in American English:
US [ˈpænkeɪk]
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- Noun:
- a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
Word Origin
- pancake (n.)
- early 15c. (late 13c. as a surname), from pan (n.) + cake (n.); as symbol of flatness c. 1600.
- pancake (v.)
- "to squeeze flat," 1879, from pancake (n.). Later, of aircraft, "to fall flat" (1911), with figurative extension. Related: Pancaked; pancaking.
Example
- 1. Nilay is currently in a pancake coma .
- 2. Y ou know , l makea mean blueberry pancake .
- 3. When things seem hopeless , make a pancake .
- 4. Remember russians have just had another pancake week ? So this picture is very much to the point .
- 5. An alaskan breakfast featuring reindeer meat and an egg nestled on a pancake .