: a flat cake made of thin batter and cooked (as on a griddle) on both sides
Examples of pancake in a Sentence
Noun
We had blueberry pancakes and sausage for breakfast.
She wore sequins, false eyelashes, and pancake onstage.
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Richard Collings, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
The pancakes will taste more like classic buttermilk ones.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
Paul Sutter, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2025
There's no flipping required to serve up homemade, buttery pancakes the moment the family comes downstairs.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Kodiak, a maker of high-protein pancakes and waffles, which is backed by PE firm L Catterton, is also expected to seek a sale.
—Richard Collings, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
The pancakes will taste more like classic buttermilk ones.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
Some models suggest that a second moon, just a few hundred kilometers across, formed past the far side and then slowly approached the moon and pancaked itself.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2025
There's no flipping required to serve up homemade, buttery pancakes the moment the family comes downstairs.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pancake
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“Pancake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pancake. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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