: 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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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2025
Add them to Greek yogurt with a teaspoon of Manuka honey or use them as a topping for pancakes, oatmeal, French toast, waffles, or peanut butter toast.
—Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 11 Apr. 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
For the pancake lovers out there, maple syrup is imported from Canada, and the U.S. imports butter from Ireland and New Zealand.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2025
Add them to Greek yogurt with a teaspoon of Manuka honey or use them as a topping for pancakes, oatmeal, French toast, waffles, or peanut butter toast.
—Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 11 Apr. 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 19 Apr. 2025.
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