: 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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Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
Patrons can expect delicious dishes like avocado toast, gourmet pancakes, and signature cocktails—often infused with cannabis extracts or paired with specific cannabis strains for an enhanced dining experience.
—Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 29 May 2025
Chad Graff, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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
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Noun
Recently, there were four varieties of kimchi, including baby bok choy; pickled radish; chunky potato salad; marinated perilla leaves; bean sprouts; kelp noodles; fried zucchini rounds; a vegetable pancake; and marinated seaweed.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
Patrons can expect delicious dishes like avocado toast, gourmet pancakes, and signature cocktails—often infused with cannabis extracts or paired with specific cannabis strains for an enhanced dining experience.
—Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 29 May 2025
Verb
That feeling was reaffirmed during a trip to Louisiana last week when Campbell pancaked his future coach.
—Chad Graff, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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
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 6 Jun. 2025.
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