pancake
A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butterA thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter; in particular: An thin batter cake similar to a crepe, typically unleavened.
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» Tom made pancakes for all of us.
Tom machte für uns alle Pfannkuchen. — wolfgangth
Том приготував млинці для всіх нас. — lingvokrolik
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
9 sensesA thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter; in particular:
(England, countable, uncountable)An thin batter cake similar to a crepe, typically unleavened.
Pfannkuchen, Eierkuchen, Palatschinken
блинblin, ола́дьяoládʹja, нали́стникnalístnik
млине́цьmlynécʹ, ола́докoládok, нали́сникnalýsnyk
a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
(Australia, Canada, Scotland, US, countable, uncountable)A leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.
Pancake
(uncountable)A kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder.
(countable)A type of throw, usually with a ring where the prop is thrown in such a way that it rotates round an axis of the diameter of the prop.
(countable)Anything very thin and flat.
pancake lens
(uncountable)Composite leather made of scraps, glue and board, by extension of (4), material originally used for insoles, but later used also for heels and even soles.
(countable, slang)A box on which an actor stands to make them appear taller.
(countable)A defensive play in which the ball bounces off the top of a hand that has been pressed flat against the floor.
(US, countable, dated, slang)An attractive young woman.
Examples
204 sentencesTom made pancakes for all of us.
Том приготував млинці для всіх нас. — lingvokrolik
deTom machte für uns alle Pfannkuchen. — wolfgangth
We made pancakes for breakfast.
Ми зробили млинці на сніданок. — zinova
ruНа завтрак мы сделали блины. — las
deWir haben Pfannkuchen zum Frühstück gemacht. — MUIRIEL
I made pancakes for breakfast.
Я зробила на сніданок млинці. — deniko
Tom made pancakes for breakfast.
Том зробив на сніданок млинці. — deniko
I made pancakes.
Я зробив млинці. — deniko
ruЯ испёк блины. — marafon
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English pancake, panne cake, pankake, ponkake. By surface analysis,Inherited from Middle English pancake, panne cake, pankake, ponkake. By surface analysis, pan + cake.
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Forms
plural: pancakesSynonyms
17 synonyms- a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle:battercakeflannel cakeflannel-cakeflapcakeflapjackgriddlecakehotcakehot cake
Word family
22 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
5 patterns- made pancakes for
- made pancakes
- pancakes for breakfast
- ate pancakes
- some pancakes
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.