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noun
Synonym of pancake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, Philippines, US
Synonyms: pancake
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Something that sells quickly in large volumes, in the manner of proverbial hotcakes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Alternative form of hot cake, a cake that is hot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncommon
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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, flapjack, griddlecake, 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 hot + cake.
