What does PANCAKE mean?

Definitions for PANCAKE
ˈpænˌkeɪkpan·cake

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pancake, battercake, flannel cake, flannel-cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake, hot cakenoun

    a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle

Wiktionary

  1. pancakenoun

    A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter.

  2. pancakenoun

    A kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder.

  3. pancakenoun

    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.

  4. pancakeverb

    To make a pancake landing

  5. pancakeverb

    To collapse one floor after another.

  6. pancakeverb

    To flatten violently.

  7. Etymology: 1430,. The juggling sense is by analogy with a pancake being tossed in a pan.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Pancakenoun

    Thin pudding baked in the frying-pan.

    Etymology: pan and cake.

    A certain knight swore by his honour they were good pancakes, and swore by his honour the mustard was naught. William Shakespeare.

    The flour makes a very good pancake, mixed with a little wheat flour. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

Wikipedia

  1. Pancake

    A pancake (or hotcake, griddlecake, or flapjack) is a flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based batter that may contain eggs, milk and butter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan, often frying with oil or butter. It is a type of batter bread. Archaeological evidence suggests that pancakes were probably eaten in prehistoric societies.The pancake's shape and structure varies worldwide. In the United Kingdom, pancakes are often unleavened and resemble a crêpe. In North America, a leavening agent is used (typically baking powder) creating a thick fluffy pancake. A crêpe is a thin Breton pancake of French origin cooked on one or both sides in a special pan or crepe maker to achieve a lacelike network of fine bubbles. A well-known variation originating from southeast Europe is a palačinke, a thin moist pancake fried on both sides and filled with jam, cream cheese, chocolate, or ground walnuts, but many other fillings—sweet or savoury—can also be used. Commercially prepared pancake mixes are available in some countries. Like waffles, commercially prepared frozen pancakes are available from companies like Eggo. When buttermilk is used in place of or in addition to milk, the pancake develops a tart flavor and becomes known as a buttermilk pancake, which is common in Scotland and the US. Buckwheat flour can be used in a pancake batter, making for a type of buckwheat pancake, a category that includes Blini, Kaletez, Ploye, and Memil-buchimgae. When potato is used as a major portion of the batter, the result is a potato pancake. Pancakes may be served at any time of the day or year with a variety of toppings or fillings, but they have developed associations with particular times and toppings in different regions. In North America, they are typically considered a breakfast food and serve a similar function to waffles. In Britain and the Commonwealth, they are associated with Shrove Tuesday, commonly known as "Pancake Day", when, historically, perishable ingredients had to be used up before the fasting period of Lent.

ChatGPT

  1. pancake

    A pancake is a thin, flat, round cake typically prepared from a batter made of eggs, flour, milk, sugar, and a leavening agent such as baking powder. It is cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan and often flipped halfway through cooking to brown both sides. Pancakes can be served with a variety of toppings such as syrup, fruit, or butter. They are commonly eaten for breakfast in many cultures around the world.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pancakenoun

    a thin cake of batter fried in a pan or on a griddle; a griddlecake; a flapjack

Wikidata

  1. Pancake

    A pancake, also known as a hotcake or flapjack is a thin, flat, round cake prepared from a batter and cooked on a hot griddle or frying pan. In Britain it is made without a raising agent, and is similar to a crêpe. In America, a raising agent is used. The American pancake is similar to a Scotch pancake or drop scone. They may be served at any time with a variety of toppings or fillings including jam, fruit, syrup, chocolate chips, or meat. In America, they are typically considered to be a breakfast food. In Britain and the Commonwealth, they are associated with Shrove Tuesday, commonly known as Pancake Day, when perishable ingredients had to be used up before the fasting period of Lent began. Archaeological evidence suggests that pancakes are probably the earliest and most widespread cereal food eaten in prehistoric societies. The pancake's shape and structure varies worldwide. A crêpe is a thin Breton pancake cooked on one or both sides in a special pan or crepe maker to achieve a lacelike network of fine bubbles. A well-known variation originating in Southeast Europe is Palačinke, a thin moist pancake fried on both sides and filled with jam.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Pancake

    pan′kāk, n. a thin cake of eggs, flour, sugar, and milk fried in a pan.—n. Pan′cake-ice, thin ice forming in smooth water.—Pancake Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PANCAKE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pancake is ranked #24702 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Pancake surname appeared 1,010 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pancake.

    96.7% or 977 total occurrences were White.
    1.3% or 14 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.9% or 10 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.5% or 6 total occurrences were Black.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of PANCAKE in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of PANCAKE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of PANCAKE in a Sentence

  1. Corinne Kauderer:

    These pancake flat shoes just don’t give you the support or cushioning you need.

  2. Mustafa Erdik:

    The thing that strikes mostly are the type of collapses – what we call the pancake collapse – which is the type of collapse that we engineers don’t like to see, in such collapses, it’s difficult – as you can see – and a very tragic to save lives. It makes the operation of the search and rescue teams very difficult.

  3. Antonin Scalia:

    In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it's not perfect, that's okay, there are a lot more coming along.

  4. Gregg Favre:

    Pancake collapses tend to' stack' floors on themselves, bringing all their weight down nearly square on the floor below, this continues down, accumulating more weight and stress as the structure falls.

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