pancake
(pænkeɪk )
Word forms: pancakes
1. countable noun B2
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 usually eaten for breakfast, with butter and maple syrup.
Synonyms: crêpe, drop scone or Scotch pancake
2. flat as a pancake phrase
If you say that something is as flat as a pancake, you are emphasizing that it is completely flat. [emphasis]
My home state of Illinois is flat as a pancake.
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Idioms:
flat as a pancake
very flat
There was barely a breeze and the water was as flat as a pancake.
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Collocations:
stack of pancakes
Nothing too elaborate: eggs benedict, say, or even a simple but perfectly made stack of pancakes.
Times, Sunday Times
Repeat the process until you have a stack of pancakes.
The Sun
Slice the bananas lengthways and serve with a stack of pancakes (at least three for a decent height) and a spoonful of the blueberry compote and topped with maple syrup.
The Sun
If you want to serve a large stack of pancakes, interlace them with greaseproof paper and wrap the stack in a tea towel to keep them warm as you go.
Times, Sunday Times
The meal usually starts with a bowl of steaming pinhead porridge topped with poached pink rhubarb, and stretches through the day to a stack of pancakes and bacon before bed.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 薄烤饼
Japanese: パンケーキ
- endangered breed
- endangered species
- endangered species list
- endanger health
- endanger life
- endanger safety
- endanger security
- end a practice
- end a reign
- end a siege
- end a strike
- end badly
- end corruption
- end discrimination
- endear
- endearing
- endearingly
- endearment
- endeavor
- endeavour
- endemic
- endemic corruption
- endemic disease
- endemic problem
- endgame