Pancake

  • 11pancake — n. & v. n. 1 a thin flat cake of batter usu. fried and turned in a pan and rolled up with a filling. 2 a flat cake of make up etc. v. 1 intr. make a pancake landing. 2 tr. cause (an aircraft) to pancake. Phrases and idioms: flat as a pancake… …

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  • 12pancake — n. 1) to make a pancake 2) (misc.) as flat as a pancake * * * [ pæŋkeɪk] (misc.) as flat as a pancake to make a pancake …

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  • 13pancake — {{11}}pancake (n.) early 15c., from PAN (Cf. pan) (n.) + CAKE (Cf. cake) (n.); as symbol of flatness c.1600. {{12}}pancake (v.) to squeeze flat, 1879, from PANCAKE (Cf. pancake) (n.). Later, of aircraft, to fall flat (1911), with figurative… …

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  • 14pancake — /pan kayk /, n., v., pancaked, pancaking. n. 1. a thin, flat cake of batter fried on both sides on a griddle or in a frying pan; griddlecake or flapjack. 2. Also called pancake landing. an airplane landing made by pancaking. v.i. 3. (of an… …

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  • 15pancake — I. noun Date: 14th century a flat cake made of thin batter and cooked (as on a griddle) on both sides II. verb (pancaked; pancaking) Date: 1911 intransitive verb to make a pancake landing transitive verb 1. to cause to pancake …

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  • 16pancake — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ blueberry, chocolate chip ▪ potato VERB + PANCAKE ▪ cook, make ▪ flip …

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  • 17pancake — [[t]pæ̱nkeɪk[/t]] pancakes N COUNT A pancake is a thin, flat, circular piece of cooked batter made from milk, flour, and eggs. Pancakes are often rolled up or folded and eaten hot with a sweet or savoury filling inside. In America, pancakes are… …

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  • 18pancake — noun 1》 a thin, flat cake of batter, fried and turned in a pan and typically rolled up with a sweet or savoury filling. 2》 theatrical make up consisting of a flat solid layer of compressed powder. verb 1》 (of an aircraft) make a pancake landing.… …

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  • 19pancake — n 1. flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake, bat tercake, flapcake, flannel cake, buckwheat cake, potato pancake, Jewish Cookery. latke; crepe, blini, blintz, tortilla, (in India) chapati; fritter, fried cake, fried mush. 2. pancake make up, make up,… …

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  • 20pancake — UK [ˈpænˌkeɪk] / US noun Word forms pancake : singular pancake plural pancakes 1) a) [countable] British a thin round flat food made by cooking a mixture of flour, eggs, and milk b) a small thick round cake made in the same way 2) [uncountable] a …

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