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noun
A pancake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A bar made with rolled oats, butter, golden syrup, and brown sugar, baked in a tray.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: pancake, battercake, flannel cake, flannel-cake, flapcake, griddlecake, hotcake, hot cake
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cake
Narrower terms: buckwheat cake, buttermilk pancake, blini, bliny, blintz, blintze, crape, crepe, French pancake, pfannkuchen, german pancake, potato pancake, latke, tortilla
History
From flap (“to toss sharply”) + jack (“generic object”). So called from the process of baking it by flipping and catching it in the griddle when done on one side.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
