Definitions for pancakes
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1. pancakes

   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.

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1. pancakes

   Thin floating rounded spots of snow ice, in the Arctic seas, and reckoned the first indication of the approach of winter, in August.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pancakes in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pancakes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of pancakes in a Sentence

1. The Briton:

   It's officially summer break, and the only day I can eat whatever I want, so that calls for pancakes and bacon.

2. Nora LaCasse:

   do you like waffles? do you like pancakes? do you like french toast?

3. Rachel Meyers:

   I’d get the cheesecake pancakes with a milkshake five times a week, most of the waiters wouldn’t give me a menu — it was like, ‘OK, see you tomorrow.’.

4. Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia:

   ... We had breakfast at Father's. I ate 4 pancakes...''

5. Gina Hassick:

   I would stick with two pancakes for an appropriate serving size, top with cinnamon and blueberries or bananas, and drizzle lightly with pure maple syrup.

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