Definitions for pancakeˈpænˌkeɪk

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

pan•cakeˈpænˌkeɪk(n.; v.)-caked, -cak•ing.

  1. (n.)a thin, flat cake of batter fried on both sides on a griddle or in a frying pan; griddlecake or flapjack.

    Category: Cooking

  2. Also called pan′cake land`ing. an airplane landing made by pancaking.

    Category: Aeronautics

  3. (v.i.)(of an airplane) to drop flat to the ground after leveling off a few feet above it.

    Category: Aeronautics

  4. (v.t.)Informal. to flatten, esp. as the result of a mishap.

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Informal

  5. to cause (an airplane) to pancake.

    Category: Aeronautics

Origin of pancake:

1400–50

Pan-Cake*ˈpænˌkeɪk

  1. a brand of cosmetic in a semimoist cake of compressed powder, usu. applied with a moist sponge.

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Clothing, Trademark

* Trademark..

Princeton's WordNet

  1. pancake, battercake, flannel cake, flannel-cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake, hot cake(noun)

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

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. pancake(noun)ˈpænˌkeɪk

    a round flat food made from flour, milk and eggs

    pancakes with maple syrup

Wiktionary

  1. pancake(Noun)

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

  2. pancake(Noun)

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

  3. pancake(Noun)

    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. pancake(Verb)

    To make a pancake landing

  5. pancake(Verb)

    To collapse one floor after another.

  6. pancake(Verb)

    To flatten violently.

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

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pancake(noun)

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


Translations for pancake

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

pancake(noun)

a thin cake usually made of milk, flour and eggs and fried in a pan etc.

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