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- [pan-keyk]
- /ˈpænˌkeɪk/
- /ˈpæn.keɪk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pan-keyk]
- /ˈpænˌkeɪk/
Definitions of pancake word
- noun pancake a thin, flat cake of batter fried on both sides on a griddle or in a frying pan; griddlecake or flapjack. 1
- noun pancake Also called pancake landing. an airplane landing made by pancaking. 1
- verb without object pancake (of an airplane or the like) to drop flat to the ground after leveling off a few feet above it. 1
- verb with object pancake Informal. to flatten, especially as the result of a collision or other mishap: The car had been pancaked by the bus. 1
- verb with object pancake to cause (an airplane) to pancake. 1
- noun pancake flat fried batter 1
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Origin of pancake
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at pan1, cake
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Pancake
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pancake popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pancake usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pancake
noun pancake
- battercake — pancake (def 1).
- buckwheat cake — a pancake made of buckwheat flour.
- flannel cake — griddlecake; pancake.
- greasepaint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- griddlecake — a thin cake of batter cooked on a griddle; pancake.
adj pancake
- complanate — having a flattened or compressed aspect
- flat — horizontally level: a flat roof.
verb pancake
- crash-land — If a pilot crash-lands an aircraft, or if it crash-lands, it lands more quickly and less safely than usual, for example when there is something wrong with the aircraft, and it cannot land normally.
- crash — A crash is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
- fall flat — horizontally level: a flat roof.
- give way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- go in — go indoors
adjective pancake
- oblate — flattened at the poles, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its shorter axis (opposed to prolate).
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See also
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