Used in a Sentence

pancake

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pancake.

Editorial note

The market has standardized on shiny glass brick, as thick as a pancake, and tiny batteries to match.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

In the US (and e.g. Scotland), a leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pancake gathered in one view.

noun

In the US (and e.g. Scotland), a leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.

noun

In England, an often unleavened cake similar to a crepe.

noun

A surname.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pancake.

Example sentences

1

The market has standardized on shiny glass brick, as thick as a pancake, and tiny batteries to match.

2

It turns out that while Kansas is indeed flatter than a pancake, other US states are even flatter.

3

Those records will sound as thin as a pancake on other speakers if they did; where's the balance?

4

You can still buy the original EOS M with a sweet 22mm f/2 pancake for sub $300.

5

Imagine mixing oatmeal flour in water until you get the texture of pancake mix.

6

I compare the taste to pancake batter, but might be in the minority on that.

7

Also known as the flying pancake (or flying flapjack).

8

A kid in the store room replacing your pancake powder with caffeine, whey and anthrax is about as likely as someone selling a box of Soylent on eBay.

9

Bartlet never walked in the local city parade, mingled at the 4th of July town pancake breakfast, nor had to listen to the local kook make a complaint.

10

Even with the improvements you mention, London is still not exactly the most bicycle-friendly city in Europe, which is a little surprising since it's flat as a pancake.

11

What sourceforge is doing should be universally seen as damage and systematized intolerance should make the attempt pancake so hard and so fast that nobody ever even tries it.

12

The folks that haven't yet seen a cat with a lime peel on its head (at least we're not getting pancake bunny anymore) flock to the site.

Quote examples

1

Soylent is a little more "pancake/unsweetened cake batter" flavor than Misugaru, but the experience is remarkably similar.

2

Even if they describe it as "neutral," or like pancake batter, that's not exactly a good experience.

3

The large painted sign said "Parade at 8 am, pancake breakfast at 8:30".

4

You should bump it up to five; the ham sandwich theorem references a "pancake theorem" involving the bisection of two layers instead of the ham sandwich's three.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use pancake in a sentence?

The market has standardized on shiny glass brick, as thick as a pancake, and tiny batteries to match.

What does pancake mean?

In the US (and e.g. Scotland), a leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.

What part of speech is pancake?

pancake is commonly used as noun.