as in crêpe
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 pancake The restaurant has created its most expensive stack of pancakes to woo fans who enjoy eating luxurious chocolate — and being on trend. Jade Walker, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025 Keep frozen berries in stock: These are great as toppers for protein pancakes, chia puddings, or serving alongside eggs. Lauren O'Connor, Health, 30 July 2025 The creamy, rich, and cheesy potato dish is perfect alongside a short stack of pancakes smothered in their addictive butter syrup. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 July 2025 The pancake chain has cooked up two new limited-edition stacks inspired by the colorful bars that began flooding TikTok in 2024. Erin Clements, People.com, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for pancake
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Noun
  • For these blueberry flapjacks, the taste held up (even outlasted my former publication, but that’s another story).
    Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Highlights are karaoke contest, grapefruit bowling, wheelbarrow races, flapjack toss contest.
    Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • If that’s not enough, order a single jumbo hotcake to really take you over the edge.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Aubrey's East Tennessee The fact that chicken fingers with honey mustard sell like hotcakes tells you a lot about Aubrey's, the beloved 14-restaurant group in East Tennessee (mostly Knoxville).
    Carolanne Griffith Roberts, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • For an answer, there was only the sound of my blin cooking on the griddle, and the rise and fall of spoons.
    Talia Lavin, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2017
  • The Red Star blin offers a satisfying burst of salty salmon roe, draped in hot, lacy pastry and delivered in minutes.
    Talia Lavin, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2017
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  • Eye-catching edibles include Kraken’s Catch, a cold salad with octopus tentacles ($18), and cook’s corn griddle cakes ($12.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Members lamented the loss of their friend, as well as the delicious Salvadoran griddle cakes, called pupusas, that Ruano made.
    Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025

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“Pancake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pancake. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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