: a flat cake made of thin batter and cooked (as on a griddle) on both sides
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Noun
We had blueberry pancakes and sausage for breakfast.
She wore sequins, false eyelashes, and pancake onstage.
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Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
With a good blender, making everything from smoothies to pasta sauce to preparing snacks like egg bites or protein pancakes could have been as easy as pressing a button.
—Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 24 Jan. 2025
Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 Jan. 2025
Cook pancakes: Cook pancakes until top surface is covered with bubbles and edges appear cooked through, 2-4 minutes.
—Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The order includes four chocolate pancakes filled with chocolate chips, topped with chocolate syrup and more chocolate chips.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
With a good blender, making everything from smoothies to pasta sauce to preparing snacks like egg bites or protein pancakes could have been as easy as pressing a button.
—Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
There are no residents left in that town and the vast majority of the buildings seen by Associated Press journalists were reduced to rubble or pancaked after intense Israeli shelling and airstrikes, followed by clashes during its ground invasion.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 Jan. 2025
Cook pancakes: Cook pancakes until top surface is covered with bubbles and edges appear cooked through, 2-4 minutes.
—Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Pancake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pancake. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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